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Originally Posted by ChrisBlair

Bicyclists here in Boston feel they own the road and allow motorists to share

I realize that it's 'just a bicycle', but in recent years these people have so taken advantage of every angle that it's ridiculous. There are f'ing bicycle lanes on already crowded roads, I'm not even sure if they have to obey the rules of the road any more (not that one in 100 does obey), and bicyclists brazenly cut cars and trucks off and then the rider acts indignant if anyone honks or complains.

I have to pay excise tax, gasoline tax, and insurance. Bicyclists get to use the roads for no additional costs here, and they use the roads poorly and without any regard for anyone, often including themselves. A bike rider got killed a couple miles from where I type this, just two months ago, by a trolley. It was, by witness' accounts, not the trolley's fault- the bicyclist put himself in the position

I don't think a children's mode of transportation should be restricted, but something needs to be done about the holier-than-thou selfish and cavalier bicyclists who view this city as their own person tour de France, and disrupt traffic, cause cars to avoid them, and generally louse up things. The bicycle riders here, taken as a whole, are irresponsible. I'd love to see them pay a fee; they are demanding equal use of roads I pay for more than they do...but I don't think that's a law here, either

They're the same damn way here in Socal. A stopsign means STOP!