road rules.

[Eden]

What 7r was trying to say, and what I agreed with, is that it doesn't have anything to do with cars OR bikes.

It has to do with PEOPLE.

I see just as many rude and oblivious pedestrians ... we all have.

Nothing to do with cycling or cyclists.

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And it certainly has nothing to do with spandex.....

People like to generalize about those who look different from themselves and ignore those who seem to similar. Why else would it be perfectly fine to perform a California stop in a car (I *rarely, rarely* ever see a car come to a full and actual stop behind a stop sign here) and then turn around are totally rail about the cyclist who did the same thing?

[DebSP]

A trainer at my Gym holds an informal ride one night a week. My DH and I decided to join them one night. Well it was only the trainer and us. He shot across the road in front of cars and I, (being a follower), was right behind him. He called my DH a chicken because he went to the lights at the corner to cross the road properly. On the way home I was no longer following his lead and that was the only time I went for one of his informal rides. He took us mountain biking that night so it was only to access the trails that we were on the road. Other days he does a road biking night. Heaven help them! (And no I did not report his actions to anyone because it is a small privately owned Gym and I am not very assertive and not good at making waves.)