... Yes but, speaking as a motorist, there is a huge difference between the extent of the avoiding manouevre and speed I will choose to adopt when passing what...
... I think the false assumption being used is a too simple picture of how motorists process the nighttime road ahead, under all the possible layouts,...
... Nothing you've said does anything to disprove Forester's statement: "Motorists avoid driving into lighted objects, no matter what they think is the object...
... Sometimes you do have such knowledge, or can make a pretty good guess. Many years ago I had one of those crappy Belt Beacons, which flashed so slowly I...
One possibility is that he wanted to use the left side streets to get to work (right side does not have a north route.) -=Barry=- ... That's a clever thought...
Hmmm, Yahoo Local shows Target on the left side of the road. -=Barry=- bob.bayn@... wrote: ... [I presume this means no sidestreets or driveways to turn...
Oversimplified; if the driver identifies us as a reflective sign post or a safety barrel they will pass at an unsafe distance. I try and tilt my bike side to...
So far the bulk of the comments that I have been getting fall into the category of “The guy should not have been riding at night in the rain without a tail ...
This week must be a record. I bicycle to work down a wide 2 lane 25 mph road that is a main path through town. 3 Times this week I have been right-hooked by...
... lieu of ... same as ... The slow-moving vehicle triangle is red and mostly "orange" ( actually yellow). But there generally isn't room for one of these...
Peter Rosenfeld's two stories of the accounts given by motorists who had right-hooked him, thereby forcing him to turn inside their turn to avoid the...
... Thursday my wife and I were doing at least 20 mph and using the full right lane of a 5-lane road (speed limit 35) in preparation for a 35-40 mph desent....
Peter, I'm shocked that you were right-hooked three times this week--What? Not five times??? The quick answer to your question, "Any thoughts [about being ...
... Egad. And I thought that 9 out of 10 (or some such high proportion) fatalities were the result of motor vehicle trauma. ... That magic styrofoam will...
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chainguard@yahoogroup...
Jul 3, 2005 9:30 am
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... Plumadore ... TF: Who died and made these state cops Target supervisors? Outside of Target supervisors, it's nobody's business whether the employee was in ...
I would like to add my thoughts on this. (Case 1) A car is driving in the right lane and is about to make a right turn. If there is nothing in front of the car...
... Since the primary cause of kids injured/hospitalized from bicycling is kids disobeying VERY basic traffic rules, I don't think this statement works well as...
... I suspect that this "reasoning" is very common where there is a reasonable chance of being overtaken by motor traffic. The urgency of the feeling seems to...
... I concur. I once had an incident where I was halted in a central position behind a truck waiting to make a turn. A car pulled up behind me and the driver...
... Well geez, what she did was stupid ANYWAY. If she was going to make a RIGHT turn, she can't do it from the LEFT lane! :( ... "Didn't see [you]," is bull....
... Yes, I can think of at least a half dozen cases where almost the exact same thing happened to me. Once, I was stopped directly behind a queue, and a guy...
... injured/hospitalized from bicycling is kids disobeying VERY basic traffic rules, I don't think this statement works well as part of a discussion of right...
Barry Childress wrote: "To date I have not seen evidence of any professional trained in bike laws/safety doing this analyses. So I highly suspect the...
... My claims are primarily based on Cross-Fisher. This study does a fair job of this analysis. ... Cross walks are for walking. I would classify using the...
... I hadn't heard the "I'll get rear-ended if I slow to your speed" excuse before. Amusing. In the past, I have always assumed that motorists were just...
cyclepete@...
Jul 4, 2005 8:57 pm
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... Here is work that I largely did. http://www.tfhrc.gov/safety/pedbike/ctanbike/24.pdf http://www.tfhrc.gov/safety/pedbike/ctanbike/24b.pdf Wayne...
... There are other failures of reflectors. One occurs when the following motorist fails to have his headlights on. Another when the headlights are faulty,...
