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I see both sides. I suspose it also depends on the area you live in. I live in a rural area where riding a bike to work is not possible. There is one particular road I often travel that is narrow, hilly and curvy with most areas having very very limited view. Of course this seems to be a fav. of bicyclists although there are other areas that arent dangerous. What really gets me is 99% of them seem to ride during "rush hour" and they never scoot over to the side so at times you have to slow to 2 mph for up to 1/2 mile.
only if you can obay the same rules.. If you can keep up with the 45 MPH speed limit than you can stay.
I'm sure most any cyclist would be able to maintain the limit of 45 mph. There used to be minimum speeds on some interstates which would be difficult to maintain, but easy to keep it under 45.
People today generally suck at driving. I know riding a bike on the road is legal and everything but that certainly doesn't mean it's smart. You are guaranteed to lose every time you run into a car or when a car veers into you. Sure, you could sue them and probably win. However, you may be paralyzed or dead. How is that going to help you?
I wholeheartedly support bike lanes and would support a minimal tax hike to install them. That being said, what ticks me off about many cyclists, and there are plenty around Charlotte where I live, is when they approach a red light. Do they wait in line behind a car? Rarely. They pedal to the front (in essence, cutting everyone) and will go through the red light. Now, every car that passed the cyclist before has to pass him/her again thereby increasing their risk.
Plus those stupid outfits many of them wear. Look like a bunch of fools.
Over the past few months, as Republicans have focused their attention on cutting what they see as wasteful government spending, they've zeroed in on a surprising new target: bicyclists, and the programs that serve them.
...But as Congress gears up to reauthorize the massive transportation funding bill this year, Republicans are arguing that states shouldn't be forced to use scarce transportation funds to encourage bike commuting when bridges for cars are falling down.
"We’re doing all these things that, if we had extra money, if we were running a surplus, sure, nobody would really be complaining about it," Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) told the Washington Post. But, Coburn added, "We can no longer have silly priorities get in the way of real needs."
Over the past few months, as Republicans have focused their attention on cutting what they see as wasteful government spending, they've zeroed in on a surprising new target: bicyclists, and the programs that serve them.
...But as Congress gears up to reauthorize the massive transportation funding bill this year, Republicans are arguing that states shouldn't be forced to use scarce transportation funds to encourage bike commuting when bridges for cars are falling down.
"We’re doing all these things that, if we had extra money, if we were running a surplus, sure, nobody would really be complaining about it," Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) told the Washington Post. But, Coburn added, "We can no longer have silly priorities get in the way of real needs."
Yeah, like the Republican Party has done so much so far to get our nation's infrastructure problem resolved.
But think about it this way: If money is spent promoting cycling and that leads to a substantial percentage of drivers leaving cars for bikes, the long term wear and tear on roads would dramatically decrease. A bridge takes a lot less of a beating from ten bikes than it does from ten cars. The long term cost benefit of promoting bike commuting is very positive.
If IKE had done drugs, we'd have interstate bicycle highways.
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