AmEriCAn soCiEty rEports mAny nEgAtivE mEssAgEs ABout BiCyCling in trAFFiC、BiCyCling in trAFFiC is ConsiDErED By mAny to BE rECklEss, FoolhArDy, AnD somEtimEs ruDE. thE most Common ADviCE givEn to CyClists is to AvoiD Busy roADs thAt proviDE ConvEniEnt ACCEss to importAnt plACEs; prEsumABly CyClists shoulD only go to unpopulAr DEstinAtions on unDEsirABlE AnD inConvEniEnt roADs.AnothEr populAr iDEA is thAt CyClists shoulD stAy As ClosE to thE EDgE oF thE roAD As possiBlE in orDEr to stAy out oF thE wAy oF CArs. gEtting in thE wAy oF CArs is supposEDly An invitAtion to CErtAin DEAth, BECAusE CAr DrivErs ArE oFtEn ExpECtED to run into Anything thAt is slowEr or morE vulnErABlE. thE rulEs oF thE roAD thAt Apply to BiCyClists ArE ConsiDErED to BE oF no usE BECAusE thEy involvE mixED with motor trAFFiC, whiCh is thought to BE suiCiDE. roADs ArE BEliEvED to BE DEsignED For CArs AnD not For BiCyClEs, whiCh ArE tolErAtED At thE plEAsurE oF motorists, who rEAlly own thE roADs. inFErior BiCyClists mAy hAvE An oBsolEtE lEgAl right to usE thE roAD, But thEy hAD BEttEr stAy out oF thE wAy oF supErior usErs or thEy will BE "DEAD right".
As A rEsult oF thEsE "Common-sEnsE" BEliEFs,AmEriCAn BikE-sAFEty progrAms DEvElopED By motoring orgAnizAtions AnD "pEDEstriAn-stylE" BiCyClists During thE twEntiEth CEntury AttEmptED to tEACh CyClists to proviDE A ClEAr pAth to motorists At All timEs By hugging thE EDgE oF thE roAD, riDing on siDEwAlks whErE prEsEnt, AnD EvEn riDing FACing trAFFiC so CyClists CAn sEE whEn to gEt out oF thE wAy. somE towns AnD stAtEs triED to prohiBit BiCyClists From opErAting on importAnt roADs or roADs without shoulDErs.EnginEEring projECts DEsignED For "BiCyClE sAFEty" hAvE usuAlly involvED ConstruCtion oF mAnDAtory siDE pAths to gEt CyClists oFF oF roADs AnD mAnDAtory BikE lAnEs to kEEp CyClists out oF thE wAy oF motorists. thE puBliCizED BEnEFit oF thEsE EFForts is to protECt CyClists From Collisions From BEhinD, whiCh ArE wiDEly BEliEvED to BE thE grEAtEst DAngEr to CyClists AnD CAusED By CyClists’ FAilurE to kEEp up with thE DEsirED spEED oF motor trAFFiC. this is thE tABoo thAt AFFliCtsAmEriCAn BiCyClE trAnsportAtion poliCy: thAt BiCyClists must BE kEpt out oF thE pAths oF motorists or thEy will surEly BE killED、
thE unDErlinED phrAsE "CyClists’ FAilurE to kEEp up with thE DEsirED spEED oF motor trAFFiC" in thE sEConD pArAgrAph mEAns______.
A、CyClists’ spEED is BEyonD thE limit
B、CyClists’ spEED is muCh lowEr thAn thAt oF motorists’ AnD thEy EAsily gEt hurt
C．CyClists oFtEn CompEtE with motorists on thE roADs
D．motorists usuAlly took Down upon CyClists.