more bicycles

since gas has become as expensive as rocket fuel, more people have started to ride bikes. i am one of them. i bought a really cute schwinn cruiser, and like to ride it to work when it isnt raining/too hot/not too tired.
I've noticed while riding my bike or driving my car, that most of the people riding their bikes have no idea that they have to follow any rules, of any kind. I've nearly missed creaming several cyclists b/c they've blown right through intersections i'm trying to drive through. In Indiana, bikes follow the same rules as cars. Which means, bicycles have to stop at stop signs and stop lights too. And - people in cars can pass them on the road.

Indiana Bicycle Rules:

Upon all roadways, a vehicle proceeding at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place under the conditions then existing shall be driven:

(1) In the right-hand lane then available for traffic; or

(2) As close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway;except when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction or when preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway.

...(1) A person who drives a vehicle overtaking another vehicle proceeding in the same direction shall pass to the left of the other vehicle at a safe distance and may not again drive to the right side of the roadway until safely clear of the overtaken vehicle.

(2) Upon a roadway with unobstructed pavement of sufficient width for two (2) or more lanes of vehicles moving lawfully in the direction being traveled by the overtaking vehicle.

..A vehicle may not be driven on the left side of the center of the roadway in overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction unless the left side of the roadway is clearly visible and is free of oncoming traffic for a sufficient distance ahead to permit the overtaking and passing to be completely made without interfering with the safe operation of a vehicle approaching from the opposite direction or a vehicle overtaken. The overtaking vehicle must return to the right-hand side of the roadway before coming within one hundred (100) feet of a vehicle approaching from the opposite direction.

Cyclists aren't supposed to ride on sidewalks, there is a law against it in "business districts" but I didn't find one for residential areas. The problem I see with it when I'm driving is that the cyclist then operates like a pedestrian. It crosses the street like a pedestrian, but if it is going in the same direction I am, and I am turning right, the bike is usually moving too fast for me to see it until its out in front of my car. The cyclist assumes it has the right-of-way and I should have eyes in the back of my head and see it speeding up alongside my car.

I'm not interested in killing anyone. really. I'd rather people take the time to learn how to ride a bike in traffic, b/c I think its great that people are getting off their fat butts (like mine) and getting some exercise.