My biggest pet peeve is those people who swear they are Lance Armstrong on the road. I believe bicyclists do not belong on the road. They are a hazard to drivers and passengers everywhere. These bicyclists stay on one side of the road and they think that is okay. They are up in the early morning causing traffic because they want to act like they are in the Tour De France and it really annoys me because they take up the road, they legit hide in your blind spot, and they cause traffic to build up.
Now I believe that if you are not a motorized vehicle that requires to be registered and have a license plate and a license to operate, you do not belong on the road. Why is it that when drivers purchase a new car they need to get it registered and insured before they hit the road? Bicyclists should be treated just as a motorized vehicle driver by obtaining a license, getting registered, and having to pay road tax to be able to bike on the road.
We have bicyclists with their bikes being reckless and causing accidents sometimes, and it is the car drivers fault and their insurance rates hiked up because of said accident. Legit, it is frustrating to be stuck behind bicyclists. They hog up the road with their buddies and they don't let you pass them – they swerve on purpose to make you worry and keep your distance.
It really grinds my gears that the city of Coral Gables in Miami, Fl made the historic Old Cutler Road much more narrow and widened the sidewalks, made it the same pavement has the roadway and added separate lanes for bicyclists and pedestrians. And yet, we still have them on this road with cars. They have to be the most obnoxious group of people ever. They think they are entitled to have drivers share the road with them. I still don't understand how the city stops this silly rule about sharing the road. Might as well share the road with pedestrians and have drivers just drive behind them walking.
It is like they think they are in France racing like they need to realize they are causing traffic and sometimes accidents. They are menaces to drivers. I just don't understand how they do not worry about getting hit by a car and getting seriously hurt. It is like they hate their lives and they want everyone to hate their lives too, enough to almost run them over.
Bicyclists are pretty much the reason why I get mad in the morning. They're just a disturbance to my morning commute to work and I just wish they would accept the sidewalk as their place to be and stay biking there. But as long as our cities keep allowing them to make our roads hazardous, we won't be really safe.
