Originally Posted by
livedarklions
I think the article is just one more example of the "no wonder they hate us" genre. I can't speak to driving in England, but I drive on country roads a lot, and I cannot recall a single time I have been unreasonably detained by a cyclist. Talking to other drivers, you'd think it happens all the time, but they really can't come up with a lot of examples. I get detained by other drivers routinely, but cyclists around New England really aren't clogging up roads.
Man, I could have written that myself. Right on the money from my seat. In conversations both IRL and online, I'll ask ranting motorists to describe the incident in which they were held up by a cyclist for the longest period of time. The overwhelming majority pass on the opportunity. Those that do give an example, normally give an asinine one. I have had a few people offer up examples of what sounded like bad bicyclist behavior. Even then the examples pale in comparison to the times I have been held up by bad drivers.