“...bicycling attorney...” “...4.2 GPA...”
Two things I didn’t know existed. You learn all sorts of things at FR.
I ride a bicycle sometimes for transportation. I probable break every rule of the road. But I get out of a cars way, I am planing 1 or 2 blocks ahead how not to be a traffic problem. I am not planning to be nice, but to avoid getting hit by a 2 ton car. These cyclist are why I occasionally get the figure when I am riding. Cyclists making life hell for cars is not an endearing trait. Oh and when the cop says stop you stop, period. Not stopping when told to stop by a cop is an excellent way to have a very bad day.
Get and drive a car.
/sarcasm
If bicyclists have equal rights to the road, they should be required to go as fast as the rest of the traffic on that road.
I live in the country. For some reason, there is a gaggle of helmeted cyclists who love to ride around on the roads out here. People go 70mph and you can't always see the bikes due to hills and dips and such.
If cyclists want to ride on the roads, they should only be able to do so if they do not impede drivers.
It is dangerous for drivers and bicyclists, and I get annoyed every time I have to slow down, or worry that another car isn't going to see them, or I have to drive 10 mph while I wait for an opportunity to pass them, etc. Go ride in town in the 30mph areas, ya maroons. It is only a matter of time before one of these guys gets hit. While an individual can take whatever chances they like with their own life, the motorist driving 70mph who didn't see the guy on the bike going 15mph will be devastated.
The "vehicles" are not in the same category, and they shouldn't be on the same roads. Can you tell it makes me angry? I didn't read the whole article but I'm guessing I would side with the cop. :)
Be very aware of long winded, wordy explanations of incidents or events such as this.
I suggest all of these people involved in this, “He said, she said”, to find a life.