Autosexuals are amazing, aren’t they? I’ve never understood the sense of aggrieved INJURY when someone in two tons of plastic and steel is slowed for even a moment. by anyone or anything. It’s like a threat to their manhood (in the case of males) or somehow Un American.

Assuming the comment that this proposed ‘law’ “Didn’t even make it out of committee”, well-done to whoever stopped this idiocy. The question is: Who voted for these cyclist-hating imbeciles & bigots? Why are people voting for them?
Are these people receiving funds from fossil-fuel sources?

Many people drive when they could easily walk. I am aware that the US is laid-out differently from Europe and frequently seems to make walking and cycling difficult, while facilitating driving, but this is not advisable for numerous reasons – health and pollution etc.

I agree completely with you. I am a cyclist and in 99% of the times, there are alternate roads to use that will minimize impact on drivers of cars. So I try to use those roads as I am also a car driver and many times I will encounter a cyclist who is holding up traffic and won’t have the sense or courtesy to move off the road for a short time to let the cars pass. Faster speeds for cars??!!! Here in Michigan that is being considered for several sections of the expressways which I feel is not safety minded. Cars have become safer but the last time I was examined by reflexes have remained the same so response time is the same. Going faster just means less response time, etc. not a smart move if one is safety minded.

KBJ,

So maybe you’re from out East, where the road density is a lot higher. Out West, there is often only one road to go from point A to point B. So there is often NO other option than for cyclists to ride on such a road. Hell, cycling’s even allowed on the interstate in most of Arizona, as it should be.

Sure, but as the article suggests (and provides a specific example of), in many such cases there is no safe place for the cyclist to pull over. Effectively, the law would have given South Dakota police an excuse to harass and/or ticket cyclists.

Do you even physics bro?

A road not being safe is not the cyclist’s fault. The answer is not to disallow or discourage cyclists, it’s to make the road safer. The solution to this is to have roads with shoulders, which all roads should have anyway, regardless of the existence of cyclists.

Die u idiot!