Robert Kirby: Riding a bike in traffic can be risky, so it may surprise you why I back a plan to change Utah law
But cyclists need to be alert, because motorists often aren’t.
Robert Kirby
| Jan. 29, 2021, 2:00 p.m.
I understand there are plenty of legitimate reasons to ride a bicycle in vehicle traffic — personal fitness, environmental concerns, cost, insanity, etc.
While I wouldn’t do it myself, because I’m old, fat and not very smart, the fact remains that cyclists have a right to be on the roadways. Yeah, every bit as much as motor vehicles.
But there are several things a cyclist needs before venturing out into Utah traffic, an adventure that amounts to riding a spindly contraption in the middle of a stampeding herd of crazed steel buffalo.