... A bike is considered a vehicle and should obey the same laws as a car (yes, I'm talking about a bicycle, not a motorcycle). If there are parked cars on the right, for example, the right thing to do for a cyclist is to keep a door distance between him and the cars, so stupid people who don't look in their mirrors before opening their car door don't kill him. So in these cases, yeah, you "I can't slow down for a minute because I'll arrive 15 seconds later to work and I was just too dumb to wake up earlier" drivers will have to wait to have a clear lane to get past... Also, bicycles should not ride on the sidewalk.. many drivers seem to expect that. It's a sidewalk for a reason. I ride my bicycle in the city pretty often, and if a moron yells at me for driving on the road (a.k.a. where I should), I swear I'll take his mirror out at the next red light. Knee out, mirror down . Cause yeah, even if you saved 5 seconds acting like a moron going past me instead of waiting a few seconds, you'll have to stop at the red light just ahead. Luckily, most drivers here do understand that they have to share the road. They're not being egoist like some people... Sure, some bikers are dumb... but I haven't seen many of these. I'd love to see statistics about the bikers being 'almost always' responsible for accidents... really... Part of me hopes that you do run over a biker, possibly a child... from your own family, why not...