3 FOOT RULE for vulnerable road users is the LAW (Houston: insurance, Home Depot)

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Originally Posted by Cbink

I didn't miss the point, that's what you should have said, not that cyclists pay more than the average tax payer, which is what you actually said, thereby implying that cyclists are superior to the average tax payer. Then you went on to state that their bikes probably cost more than a car. Once again implying superiority.

I have no issue with people wanting to cycle. I think it's healthy and I used to commute by bike for years but it's no longer realistic for me.

I agree with Trekbiker's posts who obviously rides given their user name and posts, and who appears to have a balanced understanding that drivers need to be more aware, but also that cyclists need to follow the rules too.

If someone can afford a thousand dollar plus bike I'm going to guess they are probably paying an above average amount in taxes. Cyclists are not superior to anyone, they are EQUAL. Looking at these replies it appears most think they aren't. Maybe not even American.

Originally Posted by Cbink

It means it's a shared lane with cyclists.
It's also to indicate the best lane position for the bike to take.

Thank you, you are the first one.

Originally Posted by blkgiraffe

I don't recall anything about bicycles on my DMV test.

Obviously.

Originally Posted by nervouslaughter

A lot of their bikes cost more than you car? Um, yeah, i don't think so. Not for amateurs, which make up a large majority of the lane hogs out there. I'm all for cycling (my sister gets paid for cycling and her boyfriend is a cycling coach) but let's call a spade a spade. Cyclists have their own rules and only cry foul when it comes to their rights being infringed. On the other hand, they will blaze through a stop sign or red light like Armstrong and a needle.

I said a lot, where did you read most.
There are rude drivers just as much as rude cyclists. The difference is a rider won't win a collision.

[Cbink]

Originally Posted by 1AngryTaxPayer

Thank you, you are the first one.

Well to be fair, we don't have them in Houston to the best of my knowledge so a lot of people have probably never seen them before.

[txdemo]

Originally Posted by Cbink

Well to be fair, we don't have them in Houston to the best of my knowledge so a lot of people have probably never seen them before.

Houston is in a lot of trouble if folks can't figure out that a picture of a bike means it's a bike lane.

[Cbink]

Originally Posted by txdemo

Houston is in a lot of trouble if folks can't figure out that a picture of a bike means it's a bike lane.

True, I was really referring to the Chevrons which are a little less obvious, I would hope the bike part was obvious!

[nervouslaughter]

Originally Posted by 1AngryTaxPayer

If someone can afford a thousand dollar plus bike I'm going to guess they are probably paying an above average amount in taxes. Cyclists are not superior to anyone, they are EQUAL. Looking at these replies it appears most think they aren't. Maybe not even American.
Thank you, you are the first one.

Obviously.


I said a lot, where did you read most.
There are rude drivers just as much as rude cyclists. The difference is a rider won't win a collision.

Never referred to "most", so I'm not sure what you're talking about (although you did use that word if you read your own sentence back.) Anyway, just because the rider doesn't win a collision doesn't mean he won't cause a collision that could hurt someone else. That mentality is why I can't stand egocentric cyclists.

[texsn95]

Originally Posted by 1AngryTaxPayer

If someone can afford a thousand dollar plus bike I'm going to guess they are probably paying an above average amount in taxes.

Kind of like if someone can afford a $1000 tv then they are probably paying an above amount in taxes? What a dumb statement. You sir are a douche and the stereotypical cyclist elitist jerk.

[txdemo]

Originally Posted by texsn95

Kind of like if someone can afford a $1000 tv then they are probably paying an above amount in taxes? What a dumb statement. You sir are a douche and the stereotypical cyclist elitist jerk.

Stereotypical cyclist elitist? That's a new one.

[texsn95]

Yes sir, there's a stereotype out there (well deserved in some cases) that many cyclists posses the same elitist attitude this clown does. Similar to hybrid drivers.

[texsn95]

[texsn95]

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