06-22-2017, 09:16 AM
In reading the article, the lady was clearly in the wrong for braking so violently and recklessly. However, riding double, for such a long pace and not yielding to faster traffic, however legal, is a poor decision on the part of the echelon. In reading this thread, it is clear that certain people are anti-car or anti-bike, and that certainly will never lend to making the roads safer, without some compromise on both sides. Most bikers also drive, but far less drivers bike. The divide isn't helped by the fact that one group is at a supreme disadvantage, in any type of encounter. Interestingly, I've found that this divide also transfers to trails, with cyclists acting like car drivers and walkers like cyclists. I'm not sure what the solution is, if there is one at all, but the negativity of the divide we have now certainly isn't going to get us there.