For their part, cyclists have a responsibility to be more careful as well.
I’ve seen far too many weaving in and out of traffic and blowing off red lights.
A sure recipe for disaster.
I do the bulk 80% of my bicycle riding on taxpayer funded greenways. The other 20 percent is on rural roads in my township. I do some riding on the road for two reasons. The first is I live in a very hilly area and I need to work on my hill pulling abilities. The second is because it’s convenient.
When I ride on the road I stay as far to the right as possible, I wear easy to see clothes, I maintain a situational awareness and I stay out of everyone’s way. Still, I’m somewhat concerned that most drivers are playing chicken with me so I usually ride early in the morning.
I’m not a liberal far from it but me and spandex are not total strangers. What I really don’t like are jerseys that have a bunch of advertising on them. It is true that the bicycling world is flooded with libs but not everyone.
One of the reasons why I have never weighed over 150 pounds is because I ride a bike. My sister taught me how to ride a bike when I was 5 years old and I have been riding since. I was the kid in 8th grade that was always taking about bikes.