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26. Arrogant cyclists

I've enjoyed bike riding from the time I learned how up to the present. I have had plenty of close calls from asleep at the wheel drivers and two serious collisions with cars. In both cases I had the right of way and the car simply didn't see me. I now make eye contact with any driver I'm approaching that is trying to get into traffic. You simply have to be on your guard and expect the worst from asleep at the wheel drivers.

OTOH, I've encountered plenty of arrogant cyclists, usually riding in packs, that simply refuse to yield to cars on narrow roads and will not move over and allow you to pass.

I always yield to motor vehicles when biking. First, it's the law, and second, for my own self protection. Being on a bike does not give you the right to be in the middle of the traffic lane doing 10 or 15 mph when the cars you share the road with can do the speed limit, be it 30 40 50 mph or what ever.

Arrogant cyclists do not give the motorist a license to kill, as our Emma seems to think.

-90% Jimmy