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You know I don't like the tone of your posting. By law, a cyclist is required to proceed at the rate of a like vehicle ie., another bicycle and not a motor vehicle. By definition, therefore, a bicycle will typically proceed at a slower rate than most other vehicles. I would point out that State law requires bicylces to ride two-abreast when traveling on multi-lane routes -- if we cyclists, indeed, adhered to State law as written, we would raise the ire of more motorists. My experience is I'm damned if I don't, damned if I do by motorists e.g., they want me to stop at stop signs; they become irate when I impede their progress. In Italy (and yes, I know we're not in Italy), so I've read, motorists respect cyclists enough to slow down or stop their own vehicles and honk their horns in admiration. In general, so I've noted, motorists have no problem slowing for a farm vehicle, for example, but become upset when slowing for cyclists in lycra with shaved legs -- riders, I would add, who are proceeding at a higher rate of speed than the farm vehicle in question! In short, slowing down traffic doesn't infer the cyclist is in the wrong, nor does it infer one has placed him/herself in danger. To borrow from a skateboarding bumper sticker -- Riding a bike isn't a criminal act.
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