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Old 10-21-2014, 10:44 AM
 
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Has anyone ever seen that? I was driving home last night at about 6:50 PM and saw two bicyclists riding east bound on the Southern State. I was in the left lane so I didn't see exactly where on the road they were but it looked like the right lane or shoulder. This was just east of the Meadowbrook. They had a flashing light on their bicycles. They looked like seasoned riders but that seems incredibly dangerous, and I would think it's illegal.
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Old 10-21-2014, 12:09 PM
 
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"Seasoned riders"....sissy tight pants and think they own the road....too bad someone didn't run them down.
Seems rational.
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Old 10-21-2014, 12:15 PM
 
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it is dangerous, for them. Let them risk their lives instead of picking off pedestrians on regular streets.
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Old 10-21-2014, 07:06 PM
 
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Wow, just when I thought I've seen it all out here. That's just a death ticket waiting to happen.
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Old 10-21-2014, 11:30 PM
 
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What's the big deal? They had a flashing light.
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Old 10-22-2014, 09:32 AM
 
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it is dangerous, for them. Let them risk their lives instead of picking off pedestrians on regular streets.
???

Elaborate please --- picking off pedestrians really ?
There were 79 pedestrians killed or seriously injured (KSI) by bikes in urban areas in 2012,
there were 4,679 pedestrian KSIs involving motor vehicles
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Old 10-22-2014, 09:33 AM
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We(cyclists) do own the road in the same way you do ....

Sure riding on SSP is not the brightest idea ever --- but comments like that are just wrong ... --
^ yells "SHARE THE ROAD!" at drivers while violating every law imaginable
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Old 10-22-2014, 09:42 AM
 
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^ yells "SHARE THE ROAD!" at drivers while violating every law imaginable
Yes there are losers -- what can one do? -- and you have to be a dare devil to ride unfortunately...

But vast majority do the right thing ...
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Old 10-22-2014, 09:44 AM
 
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^ yells "SHARE THE ROAD!" at drivers while violating every law imaginable
I see drivers running red lights, stop signs, making illegal U turns, speeding and driving 55 in the passing lane all the time. I even encountered drivers that went into wrong side of a center divided road and drove opposite direction of one way streets. I guess we should all start making threads about each violation and let your fellow posters to wish them painful deaths.
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Old 10-22-2014, 09:49 AM
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I see drivers running red lights, stop signs, making illegal U turns, speeding and driving 55 in the passing lane all the time. I even encountered drivers that went into wrong side of a center divided road and drove opposite direction of one way streets. I guess we should all start making threads about each violation and let your fellow posters to wish them painful deaths.
Please do!

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