06-29-2008, 07:20 PM
Ah. If there's a path parallel to a busy roadway, then I'll agree, the guys on the bike are better off not on the street. However, that's not always the case, and so long as they're following the rules and laws that are in place for bikers, I feel that they are in every right to be on the road as well.
Yes, there are some situations where they probably shouldn't be on the road, such as trying to pedal down 28th street at 5 p.m., but I think that if done with the proper attention to safety, bikers aren't the hazard that many make them out to be. Overall, people are too quick to call bikers "idiots" or other such things.
There are plenty of bikers who don't take the proper attention to safety, and either hit the road in situations where they really shouldn't be, or without wearing the proper safety equipment (not referring just to helmet, but also attire which makes them move visible), and I think they give the bikers who do follow the rules of the road a bum wrap.
Yes, there are some situations where they probably shouldn't be on the road, such as trying to pedal down 28th street at 5 p.m., but I think that if done with the proper attention to safety, bikers aren't the hazard that many make them out to be. Overall, people are too quick to call bikers "idiots" or other such things.
There are plenty of bikers who don't take the proper attention to safety, and either hit the road in situations where they really shouldn't be, or without wearing the proper safety equipment (not referring just to helmet, but also attire which makes them move visible), and I think they give the bikers who do follow the rules of the road a bum wrap.