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Off-topic Climbers who ride version 2; MOTORcycles 2-Feb-2006 At 9:16:55 AM stuart

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> Fair enough Stuart. Though personally I am of the opinion we really shouldn't bother
> with bicycle lanes at all, rather have an effective education program so that motorists
> realize that bicycles are defined in the road rules as a vehicle with equal rights!

I'm with you there; at the root of the problem a bicyclist faces on the road is a perception held by some motorists that bicycles plain-out don't belong there. Until that issue is addressed, it's a daily battle. Motorcyclists, to a lesser degree, face the same prejudice and invisibility.

I would add that I'm with my motorcycling brothers and sisters in spirit, not against them. Note that I've employed a non-quantifiable tone of 'some' and 'many' rather than 'most' or 'all' in my reference to motorcyclists. It's not a generalisation, rather some in-case examples of bad behaviour and in support of the argument for bikes lanes being left for bikes.

Would add that it's always annoying when a marginalised group is vocalising their grief whilst not seeing the marginalised group immediately below them.

S