As of today in the State of Texas bicyclists have the same right to the road as a motor vehicle. In fact just last week the legislature in Austin passed a law requiring cars to give cyclists at least three feet clearance when passing.
However, if you feel strongly about this issue you can come to Austin and lobby the legislature to ban bikes from Texas roads. Until then, give me my three feet clearance and do not make fun of my bike shorts.
Do you wear those tight gay looking bike shorts? No offense meant,... just wondering. ; )
Yeah for Texas.
Michigna just published a pocket sized booklet called What every Bicyclist Must Know. It goes into the laws about cycling. I’m thinking of getting a few copies and keeping one in my jersey pocket to hand to those unenlightened individuals who think that cyclists have no road rights.
I have noticed that as gas prices go up, horn honks tend to lessen.
Been true in Washington State for a long time.
However, they also have the same responsibilities and I discovered that few cyclists knew that. Back in the 90s I researched the state law, compiled the sections referring to bicycles, and gave it to the area's bicycle club (the largest in the country, I believe). Pretty soon I saw this compilation in flyers in the counters in all the local bicycle shops.
I don't know that it's changed things significantly, but for some time cyclists here (excluding the folks who buy their bikes at Target and the like) have found it hard to claim ignorance.
Interesting about the three feet clearance -- we do not have that here. Which is why I quit cycle-commuting after buying a a house in a rural locale where all (both) the roads in are narrow and high-speed. Besides, I do NOT like obstructing cars for any long than absolutely (and evidently) necessary -- but the young'un drivers tend not to have figured life out yet and act like idiots too often.
It's not worth it, so I just contribute my part to the traffic jams in town. In my car.
I’ll make fun of your spandex (made from oil) bike shorts. Your plastic (made from oil) faggoty clip shoes, your plastic (made from oil) helmet with its expanded polystyrene (made from oil) impact liner, whenever I want to.
I absolutely hate bicyclists because of their snotty attitudes, lack of following the laws, (not stopping at stop signs or signals) not yielding right of way according to law, and general feeling of entitlement. Where I work we spend tens of thousands of dollars maintaining bicycle trails and lanes at the expense of motor vehicle lane miles. The money for this comes from, you guessed it, gas taxes that by law are required to be spent only on roads.
I’m hoping for a ballot measure to require all bicycle related construction and maintenance to be taken out of a fund paid for by a tax on bicycles and bicycle parts. I’m pretty sure such a measure would pass by a fairly large margin in California, Oregon, Washington etc...
Can I make fun of the legs inside the shorts?!? ;-P
Uh of... I just looked at my own gams... I'd best be quiet!