Motorists passing when cyclist is already going the speed limit
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Motorists passing when cyclist is already going the speed limit
My subject title is pathetic, but I couldn't think of what else to call it.
The question in title, has to do with motorists' passing by breaking the speed limit.
On a few roads, where I can go the posted speed limit, and the road is a two-lane blacktop, I will be passed, even when I am close to speeding. I wonder what the justification is for that, the law enforcement level.
The question in title, has to do with motorists' passing by breaking the speed limit.
On a few roads, where I can go the posted speed limit, and the road is a two-lane blacktop, I will be passed, even when I am close to speeding. I wonder what the justification is for that, the law enforcement level.
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Why would you care if they pass you? Just let em go, man.
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Last month I had a woman pass me while I was being a scofflaw and riding faster than the posted speed limit. Actually my wife was the scofflaw since we were on a tandem and she was the captain. What's a poor stoker to do? Anyway, the motorist not only passed us on a narrow, winding residential street (inexplicably posted as a 35 mph limit) when we were doing 40 mph, but the bike on the trunk carrier of her car hit me in the shoulder as she went by.
I'm sure if I asked her what that was all about the first words out of her mouth would be, "I'm a cyclist too." (Okay, ILTB, I can't be sure those would be the first words out of her mouth, but I sure have heard that expression quite often when I ask people why they chose to put my health at risk.)
I'm sure if I asked her what that was all about the first words out of her mouth would be, "I'm a cyclist too." (Okay, ILTB, I can't be sure those would be the first words out of her mouth, but I sure have heard that expression quite often when I ask people why they chose to put my health at risk.)
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Stop Press:- Person who exceeds speed limit is first, and loudest, to complain when their child is hit by person exceeding speed limit. Person who exceed speed limit is same person who knock you with their cart in grocery store. Person who exceed speed limit is same one who lie in bed at night with thoughts about such important and special person they are.
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Stop Press:- Person who exceeds speed limit is first, and loudest, to complain when their child is hit by person exceeding speed limit. Person who exceed speed limit is same person who knock you with their cart in grocery store. Person who exceed speed limit is same one who lie in bed at night with thoughts about such important and special person they are.
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He met my neighbor who literally went door-to-door telling everyone to slow down because she had three kids who might be in the street. Now that her kids all drive and have been seen going over 60 mph on our dead-end residential street, she no longer cares how fast people drive.
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He met my neighbor who literally went door-to-door telling everyone to slow down because she had three kids who might be in the street. Now that her kids all drive and have been seen going over 60 mph on our dead-end residential street, she no longer cares how fast people drive.
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Which it must be in this case if the OP is not mistaken about his speed... After all residential speed limits are usually 30-35 mph, which few cyclists are going to be able to maintain. And hitting that range on down hills doesn't qualify as riding near the speed limit...
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The first thing I thot of when I read the title of this thread was Blackhawk Colo. FYI for those that havent heard, they have banned bicycles from the only street that goes thru town.
The speed limit there is ------ get this 15mph!!! Almost anyone can get up to 15mph. Altho there has never been a recorded auto-bike accident they claim that banning bikes from the street is a safety measure.
The speed limit there is ------ get this 15mph!!! Almost anyone can get up to 15mph. Altho there has never been a recorded auto-bike accident they claim that banning bikes from the street is a safety measure.
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I have very little in the way of negative interactions with motorists. Either at home or in the beachfront area where I occasionally ride. Which is why I was really amused when we were riding in a tiny beach community with tons of weekend traffic and a 15 mph speed limit and the guy behind us angrily leaned on his horn. There is an MUP next to the road, but that's filled with walkers and people riding rented beach cruiser bikes slowly. We were riding two abreast in the lane, but traffic was dense enough that we and the cars in front of us weren't even quite getting to the speed limit. We were just holding our place in the line of cars. I guess we were depriving him of his perceived right to be one car length further ahead.
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Which it must be in this case if the OP is not mistaken about his speed... After all residential speed limits are usually 30-35 mph, which few cyclists are going to be able to maintain. And hitting that range on down hills doesn't qualify as riding near the speed limit...
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As long as the motorist who passes me in such a situation does so safely and stays the hell out of my way I don't care too much.
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You need more training from the A&S educators, as well as several cameras to document the crimes of these motorized evil doers.
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They have wised up and residential speed limits here are 25mph, which admittedly I generally can't maintain on a bike. I see no reason for the cagers to pass me when I'm going over the speed limit downhill, particularly in a residential area. Most of them don't, but given the number of college students here you will occasionally see a moron that has to pass even if it means going 50+. If I was only going the speed limit, there would be passing. I definitely take the lane when going the speed limit or higher, in that case FRAP means take the lane (particularly in PA where FRAP is only required of slow moving vehicles).
And I would suggest that there is more of a problem (compared to the OP's complaint) to the general attitude where another class of road users are dehumanized by such terms as cagers...
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They have wised up and residential speed limits here are 25mph, which admittedly I generally can't maintain on a bike. I see no reason for the cagers to pass me when I'm going over the speed limit downhill, particularly in a residential area. Most of them don't, but given the number of college students here you will occasionally see a moron that has to pass even if it means going 50+. If I was only going the speed limit, there would be passing. I definitely take the lane when going the speed limit or higher, in that case FRAP means take the lane (particularly in PA where FRAP is only required of slow moving vehicles).
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He met my neighbor who literally went door-to-door telling everyone to slow down because she had three kids who might be in the street. Now that her kids all drive and have been seen going over 60 mph on our dead-end residential street, she no longer cares how fast people drive.
Sounds like the mom that I saw driving 40 mph through a school zone with her vehicle loaded with children, since it wasn't the school that her kids went to she must have considered it rational.
The irony to the story is that on the back bumper of her vehicle was a "Drive Carefully, School's Open" bumper sticker.
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My subject title is pathetic, but I couldn't think of what else to call it.
The question in title, has to do with motorists' passing by breaking the speed limit.
On a few roads, where I can go the posted speed limit, and the road is a two-lane blacktop, I will be passed, even when I am close to speeding. I wonder what the justification is for that, the law enforcement level.
The question in title, has to do with motorists' passing by breaking the speed limit.
On a few roads, where I can go the posted speed limit, and the road is a two-lane blacktop, I will be passed, even when I am close to speeding. I wonder what the justification is for that, the law enforcement level.
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Pass them back and cut them off hard, or, be glad they are away from you. Myself, I'm just glad to not have these people around me. Let it go.