http://bluecollarmtb.com/2005/05/24/hey-fellow-bicyclists-get-off-the-sidewalks/ Mountain Bike Reviews, News, Deals and How Tos Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:41:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://bluecollarmtb.com/2005/05/24/hey-fellow-bicyclists-get-off-the-sidewalks/#comment-95475 Ellydozer Sat, 09 Jun 2007 15:06:07 +0000 http://bluecollarmtb.com/2005/05/24/hey-fellow-bicyclists-get-off-the-sidewalks/#comment-95475 I live in Eugene, Or. I am an avid cyclist. I have read and used the laws for Oregon Cyclists. I may be going out on a limb, but there are SO many stupid bike riders here, it is maddening to most drivers (of which there will always be) so there needs to be a universal education program for everyone who rides, because there are MANY ignorant cyclists who dont know, or even realize, that there are rules to the road. (or that bikes are vehices) this means the bums and freshman at UofO too. I live in Eugene, Or. I am an avid cyclist. I have read and used the laws for Oregon Cyclists. I may be going out on a limb, but there are SO many stupid bike riders here, it is maddening to most drivers (of which there will always be) so there needs to be a universal education program for everyone who rides, because there are MANY ignorant cyclists who dont know, or even realize, that there are rules to the road. (or that bikes are vehices) this means the bums and freshman at UofO too.

]]> http://bluecollarmtb.com/2005/05/24/hey-fellow-bicyclists-get-off-the-sidewalks/#comment-6798 Guitar Ted Tue, 24 May 2005 22:03:18 +0000 http://bluecollarmtb.com/2005/05/24/hey-fellow-bicyclists-get-off-the-sidewalks/#comment-6798 I pretty much agree with you here, except for point #4. You see, most auto drivers already assume you belong on the sidewalk, not because they see others riding on the sidewalks,( that's giving them WAY too much credit!) but because the LAST time they were on a bike, it was riding down a sidewalk! They also falsely assume, for the same reasons, that this is why bicycles are "toys". You graduate from tricycles, to bicycles, and then to automobiles. To them, it's a natural progression. Any bicycle riding is construed as "backward" and childish. I pretty much agree with you here, except for point #4. You see, most auto drivers already assume you belong on the sidewalk, not because they see others riding on the sidewalks,( that’s giving them WAY too much credit!) but because the LAST time they were on a bike, it was riding down a sidewalk! They also falsely assume, for the same reasons, that this is why bicycles are “toys”. You graduate from tricycles, to bicycles, and then to automobiles. To them, it’s a natural progression. Any bicycle riding is construed as “backward” and childish.

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