Originally Posted by
Zaskar
Buckhead/in-town Atlanta at 1:30 on Sunday afternoon on a very busy road - two lanes each way with single and double turning lanes; 35 zone. Traffic was backed up for a couple blocks because of these guys. They were not making any attempt to ride with traffic - more of a chit-chat pace (12-15 mph), side-by-side... just out for a stroll with a "cars can *#@% themselves" attitude.
Yes - they're allowed to. Yes - they're "vehicles" with the right to the lane. But if that were a car going 14 mph in a 35 zone, would you think "Oh hey, it's cool - you do you. We'll hangout back here til you get where you're going". This is a city of 6 million people. We have plenty of roads that don't go through the heart of town. THIS is why motorists hate us.
Don't be these guys. And yeah, they ran this light... of course they did.
You know, funny thing about this picture... if the traffic was so heavy... why isn't there another car behind the one on the left, at the light?
So if it were a bus in the lane ahead of you, and it stopped every few blocks... would you complain about that too? Or just pass on the left?