Are you still really hammering on the fact that cyclist have the right to take the lane?
Pretty much everyone here has acknowledged that.
The question is whether or not that is always the safest thing to do. In the situation I described, the SAFEST thing to do would have been to ride in the shoulder at a speed that would be safe for that surface and space. Taking the lane AT THAT TIME AND PLACE in the manner that the cyclist did WAS NOT THE SAFEST OPTION.
We know he has the right. Is he willing to die for that right? Increasingly it seems that that is the case.
Civilize the mind, but make savage the body.
- Chinese proverb
Pretty much everyone here has acknowledged that.
The question is whether or not that is always the safest thing to do. In the situation I described, the SAFEST thing to do would have been to ride in the shoulder at a speed that would be safe for that surface and space. Taking the lane AT THAT TIME AND PLACE in the manner that the cyclist did WAS NOT THE SAFEST OPTION.
We know he has the right. Is he willing to die for that right? Increasingly it seems that that is the case.
Civilize the mind, but make savage the body.
- Chinese proverb