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The Batlord · 08-22-2013, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Yeah well I don't drive, so I don't appreciate it when someone comes flying along on a bike listening to their ipod or looking to one side while I have to dart out of the way. My belief is the road is the place for vehicles, so they should use it. As I say, I can't walk out in traffic, so why can bikes use the footpath? What if they run some kid down cos they're not looking, and nobody expects a bike to be on the path, although it happens way too often?

But yes, I agreed already: the guy was just being a knob.

Thing is, Fluff (I can't call you Christian, seriously man!) it's more a case of if you want to feel safe you get the choice of using road or path; pedestrians don't get that option, so it seems unfairly weighted on the side of the cyclist.

Question for ya, or other cyclists: do you stop at red lights or do you just sail through, and if the latter, why?

So in other words, your opinion is based entirely out of self-interest rather than principles. I imagine if you drove you would likely feel the opposite and tell those damn bicyclers to get the **** off your road. I'm self-interested too, and my self-interest about not being run over by a bus trumps your self-interest of not wanting to be slightly inconvenienced by having to step out of the way of an oncoming bike. And don't give that crap about being hit by a bike. I've never heard of anyone getting run over a bike, and even if they did they'd be able to get up and dust themselves off. Pwned.