BIKE: Statesman Editorial: Cyclists: Be Careful

[Mike Dahmus]

Daniel Norton wrote:

>Sorry, but I don't see the other side of the story in the letter.  About the
>pedestrians on hike and bike trails who don't keep right, who walk three
>abreast or who drift left with their headphones on and  couldn't hear you if
>you had a Union Pacific horn on your handlebars.
>
>While this cyclist was clearly in the wrong in this instance, cyclists seem
>to be carrying more than their fare share of the right-of-way burden on bike
>paths.
>  
>
Life is tough. Cars clearly (legally at least) carry a lot more burden 
of right-of-way on the roads than we do.

Prentiss is a good guy, folks. He's a cyclist too, as far as I can 
remember. If any of you had your small child run over by a jerk cyclist, 
I'm sure you wouldn't feel so put-upon at this point by the mean 
letter-writer.

- MD