Of course, those roads are generally more deserted, which makes it easier for road rage perpetrators to get away with the act. Scenic riders tend to stick to the Tammany Trace bike path, Swalm said. It's starting and stopping, starting and stopping. Officer Short said that cyclists have every legal right to ride on local roads and that they must follow all the same laws as operators of motorized vehicles, including obeying stop signs, yielding right of way, and using hand signals. Just because cyclists are not going to be able to maintain speed with cars doesn't mean they don't have every legal right to be there.
Cyclists can help their own causes by filing police reports when they are victims of road rage.
Drivers can be more considerate by exercising simple caution towards cyclists as they approach from behind.