Please,Just this one time; break the law
I already have my asbestos drawers on so here goes: If you are driving a class A with a toad and are following an Amish Buggy down a 55 MPH road at 12 MPH it is ok to pass them no matter the road mar...
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et2 wrote:
Around our area it's the bicyclists on the weekends in the summer. We live out of the city and all roads are two lane. I don't mind sharing the road with them, but many of them take their privilege of sharing the road with modern automobiles to the limit.
Usually their in groups sometimes 10 or more. Instead of riding single file and close to the edge they take up the whole lane riding side by side, dodging back and forth amongst each other.
They know your back there as they have those little mirrors attached to their glasses, yet they make zero attempt to give you some room to get around them, even if you get the broken yellow line to pass ( and sometimes can't due to traffic). So I don't understand there complaints as I pass and blow the horn to keep them aware of my presence.
A lot of bicyclists do that as a power trip. Here in Texas, they actually expand their peloton to both sides of the road to prevent passing, zipping in when an oncoming car is coming, as a way to keep people from passing. Only real thing one can do is pull over for a few, count to ten (or 100) and not let road rage cause one to do something extremely stupid.
The key is situational awareness. I might be going the speed limit on a two lane road, but there are times when for safety reasons, I'll doublecheck (worst thing is pulling over as the road ends, or if it is too dangerous to move right), move over to the breakdown lane and let people pass. This is a common courtesy that I was taught as a native Texan to do on roads, so I will continue to do so.
