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BEWHEWFRIGGITY!!!! You shouldn't be trying to ride your bike on NW 23rd alongside of automobiles & trucks. Do you want a Darwin Award that badly? And before you start in from atop your high horse about how bicyclists "have the same right to the roads as cars" let me ask you how much gas does your bicycle use & how much does your bicycle's registration cost? Nothing, right? That means you contribute nothing to the costs of upkeep for the roads. NOTHING!!!! We car/truck/SUV owners & drivers are ALLOWING you to ride on OUR roads that we've PAID for with our gas taxes and registration fees.
It's bad enough that suburban & rural property owners are forced to give up parts of their land so bike lanes can be built so that then you bike riders can still ride out beyond the white line in traffic.