Prius

we have a problem with bicycles out in the country where I live. I have to pay lots of money for tags, taxes, insurance and fuel tax for the right to use the road. When I catch up with them they continue to ride close to center line and not move to the side of the road. When I am in my service truck with the cummins and I have tried to pass them for a mile or so when I do get the chance I drop down into 3rd and hold it close to reline until I can't even see them back there. Hope they choke. When I have a dozier or trackhoe on lowboy I can't accelerate fast enough to pass them safely and they pay nothing to be on the road taking up the space I pay to use. My rant for the day!

just don't get carried away like this guy
Kalamazoo: 5 dead after truck plows into bicyclists - CNN.com

the fact of the matter is the lawmakers are to blame
some dummies in lansing or Washington made the decision that 220 lbs bikers whos top speed is 12 MPH should be on the same 6 feet of tarmac as my 3500 LBS duster which will travel at (at least) the posted speed limit which is often 3-4 times faster then those silly bikes

as a citizen, the biker has the same "rights" to that strip of tarmac as those of us who spend many a coin to get a car on there

it is a dumb decision no doubt