Look, unless you people want to see the streets look more reminiscient of Road Warrior than anything else, I'd back off of the constant refrain of pulling pistols. It's not like motorists don't have them too, and we can drive off faster after the dirty deed is done. But are we really looking to turn the streets into a Mohawk-wearing leather-clad Mad Max world where people are shooting from cars to bikes and bikes to cars?
Why don't cyclists just be a little more thoughtful about motorists and we'll try to do the same? And convince the center-of-the-lane bike a'holes that maybe they are in the wrong.
If they're riding two abreast, they're probably violating the law. I'm fairly certain that they would be in Virginia, anyway. And the Critical Mess, Earth First arseholes could probably be gotten for obstructing traffic. I wouldn't mind seeing the whole ruddy lot in court. Give e'm thirty days. And make them shower. For the first time in years.
I, at least, am very careful to stay as far to the right as is safe. Most cyclists I see around here (northern and central Virginia) do likewise. Even on Skyline Drive. The overheated rhetoric on this thread, however, comes across as a threat to my life.
Most of the motorists in the Old Dominion treat cyclists with courtesy. But there are a few murderous arseholes out there, and they range from shirtless rednecks in pickup trucks to BUPpies in Beemers.
Rude cyclists belong in traffic court.
Murderous motorists belong in prison. Or the grave.