I'm out there on the road trying to get my kid to her softball game on time, shoot over to the store to pick up some groceries, shoot back to pick up my kid and make it back home, on time, so I can enjoy my only days off work with friends and family by the pool and a little Bar-B-Q, when there's this bicyclist in the middle of the road, on a leisurely ride, riding double, avoiding the bicycle lane altogether, on a double yellow, blind turn, with on-coming traffic and totally making me late for my party while I patiently wait for a break in traffic, or for him to move over, so that I can pass him safely.

So there's this thing called a bike lane. You often see it along the side of roads. It is designed very similar to a road a car might ride on in that it has painted lines designating where the car/bike in the lane should be. Motorists for the most part seem to get how this works. Bicyclists, particularly those with road bikes with dinky little tires, seem to be compelled to ride on the line close to the real road of these lanes instead of riding in the middle. Imagine if a car centered itself on the double yellow line when driving - imagine the problems that would create, and that's the way most people with bikes ride. While I understand the reason for doing this (any small pebble is liable to destroy the tires of these wimpy bikes) I think all things considered getting a flat tire is more desirable than riding halfway on the real road and getting run over for it. I don't need to look for or attempt to run over any bicyclists; they seem to have that death wish all on their own.

I have to agree with you. The only time I will cut someone slack is if they are using their bike to get to work...and then only if they are trying not to get killed!

Of the two, bicyclists are worse, but why isn't "pedestrian" an option? I don't care if you have right of way, when there's a two-ton machine bearing down on you at fifty miles per hour, you don't go traipsing across the street like a moron. Fuck.

Can't stand them!!! I live very close to a major Bike Trail, which is cool, but keep your biking on the trail and not on my road! Get out of my way!