People suck (drivers v. cyclists)

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On 6/27/2017 at 10:06 AM, jkelley9 said:

That's really interesting.

And just yesterday I was held up behind a cyclist on my narrow, weaving, blind corner back roads. What kind of idiot does it take to choose that as their path? Put your bike on/in your car, drive to somewhere safe, start cycling, obey traffic laws, finish, and drive home. It's easy. I wish cyclists were required to have identification plates including their life insurer so I could call the insurance company and let them know "hey, this guy is in a high risk category - basically asking to be killed!"

This. I have a drive of about 10 miles up and over a section of the Blue Ridge Mountains in  North Carolina, and this last weekend was terrible with bike riders. The Tour de France is going on, so it seems like everyone with a bike has to put on their colorful TDF team gear and ride over the range by me. Its a very windy, switchback state highway with no shoulders and no place to pass. Going up, you come around a corner and onto the back end of some folks struggling up the mountain. You either go 3 mph or wait for an inside curve you can see and blast out from behind them. Coming down, they are all over the place cutting corners so it's even harder to pass. I have patience, but this is ridiculous. 

These aren't people trying to get to work or the doctor. These are people just having 'fun' or exercise and endangering drivers and themselves.  I don't have any sympathy for them.