Are Bikes Treated Like Motor Vehicles Or Not?

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bikers are just completely obnoxious

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think that they are cars without actually having to deal with the rules of the road.

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You can get a dwi on a bike.

The interlock system is less effective however

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They are supposed to follow the rules of the road just like any other vehicle.

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But someone will be along shortly to explain that it's not really necessary for them to obey all the laws because it's inconvenient for cyclists and they're basically
Doing a public service.

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He was wrong to run the red light. You were wrong to think you can pass him without going into the other lane, unless you could give him 3 feet. Otherwise, you pass him as you would any slow moving vehicle, by waiting for the cars to clear in the other lane, then using that lane to pass.

It's situational. But sometimes a cyclist is going to take up a good part of the lane to force you to wait until you have to go into the other lane. Sketchy to have cars try to squeeze by just because they don't think you belong. Don't want to give them the room for that if there isn't room for it to be done safely. If there is enough room or an appropriate shoulder (although I'm sure drivers and cyclist will disagree on when a shoulder should be rides on a lot), then it's a dick move by the cyclist.

Most roads I ride have enough room for a car to pass me without having to get out of the lane. Narrower roads, I get further to the middle so drivers don't get any crazy ideas (not like there's a lot of traffic where there's two cars at the same time anyway).

They must obey all the rules of the road, same as a car.

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I go to school in another area of the country, but whenever, I come around here, it seems like some (not all, just a select few) of the bikers are just completely obnoxious. And it seems to me like some bikers around think that they are cars without actually having to deal with the rules of the road. For instance, tonight, a biker was biking, but did not give me enough room to pass until no cars were coming the other way and I had to go into the other lane to pass the jerk. Then there was a light ahead that was red, and the guy just goes through the light as if he was a pedestrian. I mean, I guess that's fine. But this means that he was ahead of me again and this time he was basically in the center of the lane I was driving in, and despite there being area on the side for him to move over to let cars pass, he refused to do so. I had to wait for traffic in the other lane (coming in the opposite direction, don't forget) to pass before I could get past the biker, all of the sudden thinking he was a vehicle, and thus entitled to go in the center of the lane at a very slow speed. So, my question is are bikes treated like motor vehicles or not? It seems like some bikers want the answer to be "both" and just utilize pedestrian and vehicle laws/norms for whatever benefits them because some think they can straddle the line and be both a motor vehicle and like a pedestrian. Because, if they are to be treated like motor vehicles, then they should have to wait for lights to go green, but if not, then get out of the lane and go to the sidewalk!

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Do you mean bikers or cyclists? I think you mean cyclists.

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Nurse almost got killed on a bike. Damn bikes!!!

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