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Where have you ever heard car drivers say something like this? Do you guys just make up fake arguments to have with yourselves?
I've seen people say this here and on Reddit. I guarantee you the dickheads doing close passes and yelling at me to get off the road would say this.
EDIT: There's literally people in this thread saying this...
The issue isn't with cyclists being on the road, it's with them blocking the road while going significantly slower than traffic. Motorbikes aren't a similar problem because they're quick enough not to disrupt everyone else on the road.
Edit: For the benefit of the downvoters - I'm a cyclist, you dopey fucks - I'm just honest about the issue drivers have with us. Making up this bullshit just makes us look like liars that don't understand the people we're sharing the road with, and our reality-based arguments work perfectly well. Be better.
Agreed, which is why we need bike lanes so that traffic isn't slowed down.
Oh - absolutely - I just think that grounding the argument on this dishonest nonsense only undermines a good idea that can stand on the reality of its merits.
...those downvoting a simple reality-check from someone that otherwise agrees with you only demonstrate a willful disconnect from reality.