Also not a regular here, forwarded from other website . . . . Did someone actually mean to say their pet peeve was "Cyclists destroy the environment . . . "??? By making cars backup??? You have GOT to be kidding, right? How could any rational person hold this view?

If you thought about it for a second, you might consider out of the hundreds of millions of person-miles put in by users of the road each year in the US, a very tiny proportion of those are from cyclists; and from that very small proportion, an even more tiny proportion would involve "backing up" cars. Weigh this against the tons of pollutants spewed out of exhaust pipes and factories across our nation every day. Then tell what is the greater threat to our environment. Please reconsider your pet peeve and let a little rational thought take place, huh? Bill H, Webster Groves