HONK HONK! MOVE OVER! GET ON THE SIDEWALK!

Have you ever been cruising along down the road, wind in your hair, radio blasting when you’re forced to come to a sudden abrupt stop? Have you ever been on your way to work crunched for time, every single second counts, and you are suddenly forced to screech to a halt? No. Wait. What you thought was an abrupt stop or a screeching hault turns out to be a rolling stop? Traveling at the speed on an ant? Going approximately four miles per hour? You are caught driving behind an ever so important bicyclist.

Once in a while I have a run in with these frustrating bicyclist pretending to be cars. And lately our head on collisions seem to be happening more frequently. The reason is because the government is actually sponsoring bicycling groups and federations that insist that they “share the same roads with automobiles.” However it’s interesting that this Bicycling group ORNL also insists that bicyclist “are subject to the same rules.” I don’t know about you but if I ever drove 5 miles per hour down the street wearing a helmet in a car I would be pulled over. If bicycles are supposed to be following the same rules then why don’t they wear seatbelts? And why are they allowed to drive so slow without being pulled over for suspected of being high or swerve in and out of lanes without being pulled over for a suspected DUI?

It just doesn’t make sense for bibycles to follow the same rules on the road as cars. It is dangerous and unrealistic. I do see the so called “green” aspects of cycling instead of driving, but why cant they do it on the sidewalk? Instead of trying to advertise to cyclists and drivers how to “get along on the road” as the website reporter above does, states and governments should spend their money on making SMALL bicycle lanes if these crazy cyclists insist on riding on the street.