I hate bike lanes and in general think they make things more dangerous a lot of times and it would be better if bikes should have to obey the same laws as other vehicles. The big danger is that most of the time they are on the right shoulder which means they can legally overtake you on the right when you are going to make a right turn and bikes in general are not always easy to see, are quiet and can go very fast.
In my view, bikes are the same as pedestrian traffic. Bicycles are, after all, foot powered vehicles. They should follow the same rules as all pedestrian traffic.
I often see massive groups of bicycles stopped at a traffic light in a busy part of town, (It is legal here, FFS!!) blocking a dozen or more cars from using the street at speed limits. Then they take off, pedaling, and only a few of the cars get through, but all those biker bastards get through, even after the lights change.
I am fan of biker lanes BUT I am NOT a fan of accepting bikes in car lanes. I say if there is no bike lane then the bikers should have to use the sidewalks and SHARE the pedestrian ways with other pedestrians, BUT MOSTLY STAY THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY OF CARS!!!!!
Car owners PAY taxes to build the roads with their registrations and massive taxes it costs to operate a car. Bikers get a free ride! No taxes, no registration, no licenses, no requirements to follow posted traffic laws, no restrictions whatsoever!!
... and yet if a car driver runs over one of these biker assholes, then the driver is liable to face devastating consequences from the same laws they agreed to follow after paying all the taxes and licensing it takes to keep up a car. YET, those same bikers have no restrictions upon their liability or their actions. They always have the "Right Of Way" since they are considered pedestrian traffic. I think that is BULLSHIT!! They should have to follow pedestrian traffic rules!
I say they that they should not have it both ways!! Either they are pedestrian traffic and stay off the roads or they should accept getting their asses run over if they take to the roads and slow down TAX-PAYING traffic.