Tioga Pass is open!

bob_nestor wrote:

RayUSMC wrote:

coolbreeze01 wrote:
One of my favorite drives. It would be better if the bicycles could stay to the right. Enjoy :C

I'm glad to see it open. You're right about those cyclists. They're getting more aggressive every year. Did two short taps on the horn to let them know I was coming and they deliberately moved into a 4 abreast formation instead of riding single line. Wish a cop had been around. I called it in to the local LEOs because these cyclists could have caused fatalities.

I understand your frustration with the slower moving two-wheeled vehicles, but they do "own" their space on the roadway. A lot of drivers in cars feel that both bicycles and motorcycles should ride on the shoulder so they can crowd past them on the hiway and that causes accidents, especially with motorcycles. That's also the reason you see a lot of motorcyclists "ride the center stripe" with their bikes. It forces anyone who wants to pass them to move into the next lane to do so. It isn't that the motorcyclist is being a PITA, he/she is driving assertively (not aggressively) and establishing their ownership of that section of the hiway. It may annoy you but it's really a defensive safety move on their part.

ummmmm....a motorcycle is doing the speed limit and is expected to ride in the middle of his lane....bikes are expected to ride the shoulder as they are going much slower.