To be fair, there are a few stroads in Dallas and Houston suburbs whose speed limit is 55 (and many, many, MANY stroads whose speed limit is 45-50). I gave up

To be fair, there are a few stroads in Dallas and Houston suburbs whose speed limit is 55 (and many, many, MANY stroads whose speed limit is 45-50). I gave up cycling for two years when we lived in one of them because of this. I tried to ride, but when I had to get a GoPro on my helmet and saddle and caused delays on the only arterial two-lane (45mph) road in our neighborhood because most drivers won't even try to get close to a cyclist (probably because depth perception), it got too stressful to continue. I'm back on the saddle now that we moved into a significantly more bike-friendly part of town, but saying "Bikes shouldn't be sharing the road when the speed limit is 55mph" is basically saying that cyclists should ride on their main roads.