Because roads were and still are designed specifically for automobiles. You can get to work just fine in your own car, ridding a bus, or walking on sidewalks, but you CHOOSE to utilize a vehicle that is slower and less protective than the vast majority of other vehicles on that same road, and many of those roads are not designed to be used by a bicycle. If you can do it safely and blend into traffic then there will be no problem (unless someone really has an axe to grind, in which case nothing you can do about it). But if you are traveling at a different speed than the rest of traffic or are making unpredictable movements then you are a cause of problems on that road.
More than trying to claim some stupid subsection of subjective county/state traffic law, folks should be following the general rule of don't be a dick. Don't hold up traffic unnecessarily. Don't assault or harass someone for delaying you mere seconds on your morning commute. Don't think that you are the most important person on the road. Etc.
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