I had a random thought this morning bicycling to work. About the attitude of most drivers toward bicyclists. An attitude that facility advocates try to...
Hmmmmm. Here in Das Bunker, we refer to pedestrians as "Urban Deer", and pigeons as "Flying Rats". Too many of the cyclists I observe seem to be more like...
This evening, about 7:30, I was riding down a one-way street, claiming my lane like a good little VC, and a middle-aged man with no lights came the wrong way. ...
I agree. I live on a Navy base and have ridden with the group here a few times. The CDR of the largest command on the base rides with the group and blows...
You speak great wisdom in few words, Bruce Alan Wilson. Our cycling world would be far more pleasant if all people on cycles obeyed "ordinary" rules/laws. ......
If the one way street is a one lane street too, then it may be a local street. I do not know why it should be a one way street for bicyclists. Bike mobility...
If bike riders do not believe they should obey vehicle laws, they might end up being treated as toys and removed from the roads altogether. The laws currently...
I sent this to a different discussion group. I think that it may be of interest to chainguard. In these discussions in which the participants largely agree...
I agree with you in that all vehicles should obbey the traffic rules. But you can have a two way street for bicycles and one way street for cars. In Vienna I...
Andy Clarke sent me the letter that he wrote in support of Portland's RTE with bike boxes and colored bike lanes. I have posted the actual letter here ...
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chainguard@yahoogroup...
Oct 6, 2008 9:44 am
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The entire board of LAB now officially has blood on their hands, due to the actions of their hired staff. -- P. Michael Summer simul justus et peccator ...
As mentioned earlier, not only is riding against traffic extremely dangerous to the bicyclist doing it, it can endanger others. Last week, I was riding at a...
Holy crap! What a load of refuse. And the best part is his 8 x 10 glossy/letterhead! And it's on each and every page, too! Talk about somebody full of...
... Not taking account of the nasty verbal interchange between two cyclists, I would have driven my bike far left form the curb, avoiding easly the frent...
I saw a street like this in Boulder. One side was a one-way bike lane, the other side was an opposite-direction general traffic lane with a sharrow in it....
Peter & Bruce both related stories about wrong-way riders getting nasty when told they were riding the wrong way. This has been my experience every time I've...
... On several occasions I've played chicken with ww riders, purposefully mirroring every evasive move until we both came to a complete stop with our front...
Could it be that wide outside lanes (WOL) encourage this behavior? Here in Texas, WOLs are rare, and so are wrong way cyclists. I favor narrow outside...
I think they are most prevalent in BLs because the stripe give the illusion of a safe haven, I see them in WOLs and low-volume residential roads with narrow...
... After years of hollering at wrong way riders to no good effect, I started politely stopping them if I could, hand them a "bike safety" brochure and saying...
bob.bayn@...
Oct 6, 2008 6:18 pm
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"Watch out! There's a cop back there (pointing the direction you came from, and the direction the WW cyclist is heading) writing tickets for cycling!" ... ...
... Similarly, I've seen people on bikes swerve to the wrong edge to make a left turn, then swerve back to the right edge after the turn. They seem to "know"...
"bikes are required to be at the edge of the road" ? Not in this state (FL) if the lane is less than 14 feet wide. If it's 14 feet wide, it's still not...
Exactly, which is why I put "know" in quotes. I could have said they _believe_, but I think it's stronger than that. I think it borders on certainty. So...
You're making Michael's point, Fred. Michael was not saying that cyclists are required to be at the edge - he was saying this is what many cyclists believe. ...
I did overlook the quotes around the "know" part. It's the "edge" part that set me off. I'm easily triggered. Lucky for me, I'm also quite harmless, like those...
I'm hopeful to attend a course to acquire my LCI at the beginning of next year. My wife has given me a good suggestion for dealing with my inability to deal...
... LCI Bob Sutterfield made the following comment recently on the LCI list (which you will soon hopefully join): I phrase this as "You're much braver than I...
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