Ugh.

I really think some people just don't know, either. Don't know how fast bikes can go, don't know how to react with them on the road. Get flustered and do stupid things.

We had an article in the paper here, likely a hit-and-run involving an injured cyclist, and in the midst of all of the bicycle-bashing comments one woman writes in to ask "So if there's a bike in the bike lane, and I need to turn right, what am I supposed to do? Speed up, get in the lane in front of him, and turn? Get ahead of him and turn from my lane?" I wasn't registered to comment, but I wanted to ask what was the matter with slowing down to wait for the cyclist to pass and then turning behind him. She wasn't being snotty, she just honestly had no idea - and it hadn't crossed her mind that slowing down was an option.