What drivers should know about sharing the road with bicyclists (and vice versa)

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The first automobile accident in U.S. history is said to have been recorded in New York in 1896 when a car collided with a bicycle.

There were fewer bicycles then — the invention was about 25 years old — and a heckuva lot fewer cars, so it's hard to imagine how the two managed to collide.

But it didn't end there.