bicyclists

Reader Input: Laws, taxes not the solution

Response to “Hold bicyclists to standards” letter to the editor printed March 20: This is in response to Timothy Craig’s suggestion that bicyclists be licensed ...

Reader Input: Hold bicyclists to standards

For too many years now we have been having to deal with the steady increase in bicycle traffic on the back roads throughout the foothills. I am not a bike rider and not against t ...

Road users must show courtesy

Bruce Bowman and other bicyclists everywhere (“Cyclist wants to know why,” Reader Input, Oct. 2): I may be over-reacting, or it could be that 98 percent of bicyclists g ...

Let motorists exercise caution

Re: “Bicycle confrontations frighten,” (Reader Input, Sept. 23). Again, we see motorists’ arrogance. “We are subject to their lack of regard for safety.” I travel Baxter ...

Auburn cyclist shares tips for safe riding

Regarding the recent articles about cycling in the Auburn community, I’ve been cycling safely in the Auburn area for many years and here are some unwritten rules my cycling frien ...

Bicycle confrontations frighten driver

I read with interest the Monday, Sept. 19 Auburn Journal article, “Cyclists, residents debate courtesy on roads.” Unfortunately, this debate goes far beyond courtesy. It’s ab ...

Maybe speed bumps are only solution

Re: “Cyclists, residents debate courtesy on roads,” Journal, Sept. 19: I’ve lived in the Virginiatown/Gold Hill Road area for some time and have watched, seen, walked and dri ...

Velocity addicts have own road

I get very tired of the whiny, bicycle-bashing letters from people who seem to feel that the world should adjust itself to fit their convenience. They claim bikes are not safe, and ...

Bicyclists not above the law

I must say I agree with Chuck Mortensen regarding cyclists (Reader Input, June 30). The other day at the stop sign on East Lincoln Way where the freeway exits I saw two men on rac ...

Inequity gets driver’s goat

Mr. Chris Carmichael: In response to your claim that bicyclists have an equal right to the road (Reader Input, June 28): Last October I sent a check to the DMV in the amount of $75 ...