[raybbr]

He obviously doesn't have enough sense to stay off the roads where death is one splat away.

I guess all walkers, people walking their dogs, runners, kid on bikes, etc should stay off the roads, too. Right? Roads are for cars only. Right?

[svcw]

That’s why there are paths for walking and biking, no they should not be in the road competing with tonnage moving at 35+mph.

[FourtySeven]

Yes! Move into the 21st century where we have vehicles that can move faster than 20 MPH, sell that $7,000 bike, and use the money to buy a car. < /selfish sarcastic commentary borne from countless times being trapped behind a cyclist riding 15 MPH on a 45 MPH road >

Yes I understand and even agree that cyclists have every right to be on the road, as a sidewalk clearly is no place for someone on a bicycle. I get that.

Doesn’t mean I have to like it though. And honestly, I’ve never understood the rationale in paying more for a bike than a good used car.

[rawcatslyentist]

Self preservation 101.

Don't play in the road.

Rights, yes. Death, more likely if you play in the road.

[Michael Barnes]

The roads out my way are NOT designed for bicyclists; yet the meatheads still try to operate on them and wonder why they get so many “close calls”. If bicyclists want to ride on the same road as cars, then they should be tagged and taxed to provide the extra asphalt to accommodate their obsession so the rest of us driving on the roads designed for AUTOMOBILES can actually make it to our destination without some asshat holding up traffic.

[BobL]

“Roads are for cars only. Right?”

...and trucks. When bicycles and pedistrans start paying fuel taxes, they can make claims on the roads also.

What bicycles should be doing is tolling themselves to pay for bike lanes, that are clear of roadways. Either GPS-based tolling, or requiring something like a $50 license.

[onceone]

I live in a hilly, rural area off of a narrow, oak lined, two lane road without any shoulders on the sides of the road. The posted speed limit is 50 mph, but on many of the curves 20-25 is the maximum safe speed.

At times, bicyclists use the road and are lucky to maintain a constant 15 mph. They are a danger to themselves and to others. I would not be allowed to drive my care 35 mph under the speed limit why should any one else be allowed to take up the roadway at that speed.

Until the road is widened and a designated lane for bike riders is put down, I feel bikes should be banned from that road for safety reasons.

[packrat35]

yes