Ever since we had the Tour de Yorkshire the amount of lycra clad wanna be`s has increased ten fold and at weekends the country roads are full ignorant cyclists riding two and three abreast and not one group has ever gone into single file to allow cars to pass safely
It`s no wonder they get a bad name.
You do know that single file isn't required? And how would you safely pass a long row of them?
Like a lot of other road users that aren't cars, cycles have characteristics that car drivers simply have to accept. As I've said before, many road users are temperamentally unsuited to what they are doing.
Required in who's eyes ?
The lycra clad idiot who drives through red lights on a regular basis ?
The lycra clad idiot who rides on the pavement when it suits him ?
The lycra clad w@nker that nearly ran me and the dog over this morning while on a zebra crossing after 2 lanes of traffic stopped and he couldn't be arsed to ?
He did have a very nice camera bolted to the top of his helmet though which would have been used to prosecute me for smashing fook out of him if he would have had the balls to stop instead of riding off laughing

Matt is spot on with his opinion of motor vehicles passing too close to push bikes BUT to say that just because the law states that a cycle doesn't have to travel in single file then its okay to do what the fook you like is 'dangle berries'.
Its about time cyclists remembered that they are vulnerable and should take more care to avoid accidents, rather then deliberately holding up other traffic just because they can

The roads are plenty big enough for all modes of transport IF everybody took a little time to use that road in a safe, respectful and courteous manor

Sadly, when a motorist breaks the law, the police tend to hound and prosecute to the max.
When a cyclist breaks the law, he whines about it "not been fair" and blubs about those "horrible motorists" and gets away with friggin murder

So you tell me, what is the real problem here ?