By: Gary Robinson / July 7, 2026
Over the past several years, I have written about and covered terrible motor vehicle/cyclist crashes, many ending in deaths. I have also witnessed and written articles the horrific social media outrage that comes out after a man or woman riding a bike has his or her life take from them, blaming the victim. I thought I had seen the height of ignorance fueled hatred, which I call Cyclist Derangement Syndrome in a previous article.
But today, I was introduced to an entirely new level of this delusion, culminating in the devaluing human life to a level I can not comprehend. It was not in a rant, not in an emotional response, but in what seemed to be a well thought out article which exposes the author, a social media blogger, Bill Bee (Broadway), to be one of the scariest people I have encountered. Below is his post on social media he made today in which he basically blames all cyclists for motor vehicle crashes, because of their ego. Laws do not matter, facts do not matter (he seems to make things up as he goes along). But apparently click bait is what matters for Bill. There are so many flaws and made up facts in this article, I could spend a week addressing them.
- He Redefines what a vehicle is, for his own delusion- According to his own dictionary I guess
- He apparently things all bike are made for dirt paths- Another statement made of total ignorance
- He believes no motor vehicle should have address the law to keep all vulnerable road users safe.
- He refers to people on a bike as a rolling road block- Do need to say more? This guy should not be allowed to have a license
- He makes up allegations saying that cyclists to not use trails because they say they are too dangerous-(No…different bikes for different terrains oh entitled one)
You can read more of these idiotic comments Bill makes in his article. His entire commentary makes “The View” look like a credible news source.
Here is the exact content of the post. (the image of the post can be found below) Please read for yourself:
by: Bill Bee
TRAVERSE CITY — There is a bizarre psychological phenomenon happening on our streets in Northern Michigan, and it’s time we call it what it is. It is a savior complex wrapped in neon polyester.
When you see a cyclist pedaling at a glacial pace down a narrow county road during rush hour, holding up a mile-long snake of frustrated commuters, you have to ask yourself what they are thinking. They know cars weigh two tons. They know drivers are distracted. Yet, they choose the asphalt anyway. If you dig into the cycling subculture, you discover that this isn’t just about getting from point A to point B. It’s an ideological delusion driven by two deeply flawed arguments.
The first defense a road cyclist will hurl at you is municipal code. They will proudly declare that, by law, a bicycle is a legal vehicle with the exact same rights to the road as a Chevy Silverado. To ensure their safety, they practice a tactic called taking the lane, which means riding dead center in the path of traffic to force multi-ton machines to slow down and acknowledge them.
Let’s dismantle the absolute absurdity of this. Just because a dusty statute written in the nineteenth century technically classifies a bicycle as a vehicle does not mean it functions like one. A vehicle can match the flow of traffic, while a bicycle is a rolling roadblock. More importantly, treating a piece of aluminum like an armored car is a lethal gamble. Taking the lane doesn’t make you safer. It just makes you a stationary target for a driver who is currently looking past your helmet to see why traffic has crawled to a halt. Insisting on your legal right to occupy a lane of traffic isn’t brave. It’s a terrifying mix of radical stubbornness and a survival-instinct failure. They would quite literally rather be legally right and dead than inconvenienced and alive.
The second argument is even more infuriating. When you point out that our tax dollars have funded millions of miles of beautiful, paved, dedicated recreational trails specifically designed to keep bikes away from traffic, the serious road cyclist scoffs. Their excuse is that the trails are too dangerous for them.
They will seriously look you in the eye and argue that because they ride at twenty to twenty-five miles per hour, paved greenways are unsafe for them due to toddlers, dogs on leashes, and casual walkers. Think about the staggering arrogance of that logic. They are essentially saying that because their hobby is too intense for the safe infrastructure built for them, they are going to bring their high-speed amateur time-trial onto a public commuter highway and play chicken with a semi-truck instead.
If your hobby is too fast for a public walking path, the solution isn’t to colonize a road meant for heavy transit. The solution is to slow down or find a closed track. You don’t see drag racers testing their quarter-mile times on main street just because the local track was crowded on a Saturday.
This entitlement filters right down to the next generation, and the enabling local community is entirely to blame. Just a few days ago, I posted a video of fifteen to twenty teenagers riding right down the middle of the road over by GJ’s. They weren’t hugging the shoulder or trying to be safe. They were occupying the asphalt like they owned it. Predictably, the local comment section immediately marched in to declare that this was fine. It is not fine. It is an alarming parental failure. Allowing your children to play chicken with multi-ton vehicles under the guise of outdoor recreation is incredibly dangerous.
Stripped of the legal jargon and the infrastructure excuses, the reality is simple. It is a savior complex. Road cyclists have convinced themselves that the laws of man somehow overrule the laws of physics.
But the laws of physics do not care about your ego, your municipal code, or your training schedule. It is time for cyclists to drop the savior act, swallow their pride, and get on the trails where they belong. The road is for commuters, and the trails are for toys. Anything else isn’t just stubborn. It’s a tragedy waiting to happen.
Authors Question: Looking at his profile picture…I can’t help but wonder if the little girl he is holding in his arms was riding her bike around the neighborhood, and was a victim to this type of road violence, would he hold tight to his argument and blame her ego?
Exact Post taken from Bill Bee’s FB Post July 7, 2026 HERE
