Ken, First, let me appologize for the delay. I was down with a severe strep/sinus infection for most of the past two weeks. The remainder was spent in...
... Agreed... on both ends of the spectrum. More cyclists on the road definitely increases awareness/legitimacy of cyclists on the road. On the other end of...
Happy New Year to you too. ... Targeted opening of interstate to bicyclist access, starting with choke points, makes more sense to me. ... I promise you I am...
Good arguments, Ken. Without going over everything as a whole, I fully agree that motorist and cyclist education is a huge issue. It really chafes my...
Keri, I too have seen large groups ride without giving common courtesy to those they share the roads with. We all pay taxes for the road, and we were all ...
... several times. In the past year, 3 times. One doesn't really count, though. She was so drunk she would have hit an elephant had it been standing near...
... Monitoring forward for the more common errors of more complicated interactions at more complicated roadway configurations - intersections - where potential...
... Forward information alone is not adequate to safely ride 6 to 8 lane dense Seoul traffic. Typically the outer 2 lanes have weaving buses, taxis and...
... No. The proper option is: 4) Maintain consistent as practicable lines down the roadway. While doing this, maintain your attention forward, evaluating ...
Tom, My only issue with the evasive manuever idea is that in MS there are no paved shoulders, and frequently a 4-6" drop from the road surface to loose gravel...
Jack, We have 2 kinds of groups. The flagrant violators and the hyper-courteous curb-huggers. IMO, both are damaging in different ways. One reinforces the...
... Shoulders do not add anything for bicycling. The existence or not of shoulders does not make any particular road more or less 'proper.' Shoulders are not...
... Almost impossible inless you like to stop every 50 meters. Here's why. The outside lane has delivery vehicles tight to the curb at intervals and buses and...
... I'm with Jack and others on shoulders. They're irrelevant to urban riding but really help on rural routes. On multi-lane urban streets the evasive...
... Really help a bicyclist how? ... Why would I be weaving in the presence of vehicles traveling 3 times faster then me approaching from behind? I don't...
... You don't stop every 50 meters. You choose the next lane over when that is better; you perform prepared merges when that looks better; you slow when that...
... I don't think it is a black and white issue and instead depends a lot on traffic volumes and speeds. I've cycled the Natchez Trace and agree with Jack that...
... Ken I think that enforcement is a huge, and largely intractable issue because road rules are so widely and blatantly disregarded, and the enforcement is...
I am in the middle of a camping & biking trip with 8 kids in Fla...we road the Pinellas Trail most of the way & US 19 ( that has a wide shoulder on the road ) ...
... Ask yourself who is trying to 'prove a point' here? Someone who tells young riders to continually monitor to the rear and exit the paved part of the...
... Ken, Don't be obtuse. It relieves stress caused by harassment and the insane behaviors if impatient motorists. That benefit is more psychological than...
I have been in Seoul and I agree that the drivers there are aggressive in a way that makes Los Angeles look like Lancaster, PA. What I don't understand is the...
Yes , someone that watches their "rear" . We have rear view mirrors on bikes and cars to monitor what is happening at our rear...LOL.. and if I was on a bike ...
... I am not being obtuse. Harassment and insane behavior is a minor issue as far as meaningful, important impact. Plus I know of zero correlation between it...
Sorry I pushed the wrong button and it took off when I didnt want it to ...bUt as I was saying for the most part I am OK with riding as would a car ..there are...
... No one is opposed to situation awareness. However, the design of facilities and rule structure for roadways is such that it allows that awareness to be...
... In California, we have a curious mix of laws that make wide (sharable) outside lanes legally inferior to narrow lanes plus shoulders. CVC 21202 requires...
