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Your Take: story on bike buffer law brings out the bike hate
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Sep 19, 2014
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Your Take: story on bike buffer law brings out the bike hate
Our breakdown on California's new bike buffer law earlier this week took a detour when people brought out a bit of road rage.
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Our breakdown on California's new bike buffer law earlier this week took a detour when people brought out a bit of road rage.

We did a breakdown on California's new bike buffer law earlier this week -- a law which says vehicles must give cyclists at least 3 feet of space as they pass.

But afterwards, the online conversation took a detour when people brought out a bit of road rage.

One example on Take Two's own website:

And another on NPR's Facebook page when they reposted the story:

The hatred towards bikers isn't just because of this new law: the grudge between drivers vs cyclists is long-standing.

KPCC's Leo Duran explains that part of the frustration stems from some bad apple bikers, and a fight over the idea of who the roads were created for.