Does a bicycle TAKING THE LANE slow down traffic?
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From: edspyhill01 on 8 Aug 2010 14:53 On Aug 8, 2:48 pm, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: > On Sun, 08 Aug 2010 11:31:04 -0700, His Highness the TibetanMonkey, > Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock wrote: > > > On Aug 8, 11:13 am, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: > >> On Sun, 08 Aug 2010 10:49:21 -0700, His Highness the TibetanMonkey, > >> Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock wrote: > > >> > A couple of days ago, my good but unintelligent neighbor got mad when > >> > I told him of my campaign to TAKE THE LANE. > > >> Not a problem. If you TAKE THE LANE like one lame-brain did on a blind > >> corner, there will be one less bicyclist on the road as well. > > > Wrong. When you take the lane you are more visible around blind > > curves. > > This girl wasn't. Good thing I have good brakes. Judging from the size of > the brown stain I bet she won't be "asserting her rights" again > > Is poop easily removed from Spandex? > Good one!
From: His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock on 8 Aug 2010 16:36 On Aug 8, 11:53 am, edspyhill01 <edspyhil...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Aug 8, 2:48 pm, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 08 Aug 2010 11:31:04 -0700, His Highness the TibetanMonkey, > > Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock wrote: > > > > On Aug 8, 11:13 am, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: > > >> On Sun, 08 Aug 2010 10:49:21 -0700, His Highness the TibetanMonkey, > > >> Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock wrote: > > > >> > A couple of days ago, my good but unintelligent neighbor got mad when > > >> > I told him of my campaign to TAKE THE LANE. > > > >> Not a problem. If you TAKE THE LANE like one lame-brain did on a blind > > >> corner, there will be one less bicyclist on the road as well. > > > > Wrong. When you take the lane you are more visible around blind > > > curves. > > > This girl wasn't. Good thing I have good brakes. Judging from the size of > > the brown stain I bet she won't be "asserting her rights" again > > > Is poop easily removed from Spandex? > > Good one! He's in the Most Wanted list for killing cyclists in 5 states.
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 8 Aug 2010 20:30 On Sun, 08 Aug 2010 13:36:04 -0700, His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock wrote: > On Aug 8, 11:53 am, edspyhill01 <edspyhil...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> On Aug 8, 2:48 pm, Hachiroku ハチロク <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >> >> >> >> > On Sun, 08 Aug 2010 11:31:04 -0700, His Highness the TibetanMonkey, >> > Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock wrote: >> >> > > On Aug 8, 11:13 am, Hachiroku ハチロク <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >> > >> On Sun, 08 Aug 2010 10:49:21 -0700, His Highness the TibetanMonkey, >> > >> Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock wrote: >> >> > >> > A couple of days ago, my good but unintelligent neighbor got mad when >> > >> > I told him of my campaign to TAKE THE LANE. >> >> > >> Not a problem. If you TAKE THE LANE like one lame-brain did on a blind >> > >> corner, there will be one less bicyclist on the road as well. >> >> > > Wrong. When you take the lane you are more visible around blind >> > > curves. >> >> > This girl wasn't. Good thing I have good brakes. Judging from the size of >> > the brown stain I bet she won't be "asserting her rights" again >> >> > Is poop easily removed from Spandex? >> >> Good one! > > He's in the Most Wanted list for killing cyclists in 5 states. I have never killed a cyclist. Made a few think about "Taking back the road", however.
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 8 Aug 2010 20:31 On Sun, 08 Aug 2010 11:51:06 -0700, His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock wrote: > On Aug 8, 11:48 am, Hachiroku ハチロク <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >> On Sun, 08 Aug 2010 11:31:04 -0700, His Highness the TibetanMonkey, >> Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock wrote: >> >> > On Aug 8, 11:13 am, Hachiroku ハチロク <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: >> >> On Sun, 08 Aug 2010 10:49:21 -0700, His Highness the TibetanMonkey, >> >> Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock wrote: >> >> >> > A couple of days ago, my good but unintelligent neighbor got mad when >> >> > I told him of my campaign to TAKE THE LANE. >> >> >> Not a problem. If you TAKE THE LANE like one lame-brain did on a blind >> >> corner, there will be one less bicyclist on the road as well. >> >> > Wrong. When you take the lane you are more visible around blind >> > curves. >> >> This girl wasn't. Good thing I have good brakes. Judging from the size of >> the brown stain I bet she won't be "asserting her rights" again >> >> Is poop easily removed from Spandex? > > You causing casualties among the American population as if you were in > Afghanistan could be a problem. You have to use some common sense when bicycling. Riding two abreast in a 40 MPH zone when you're only making 12 MPH is not a good idea. Could be a good method to make the Darwin Awards.
From: His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock on 8 Aug 2010 20:45
On Aug 8, 5:31 pm, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: > On Sun, 08 Aug 2010 11:51:06 -0700, His Highness the TibetanMonkey, > Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock wrote: > > > > > On Aug 8, 11:48 am, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: > >> On Sun, 08 Aug 2010 11:31:04 -0700, His Highness the TibetanMonkey, > >> Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock wrote: > > >> > On Aug 8, 11:13 am, Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B <Tru...(a)e86.GTS> wrote: > >> >> On Sun, 08 Aug 2010 10:49:21 -0700, His Highness the TibetanMonkey, > >> >> Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock wrote: > > >> >> > A couple of days ago, my good but unintelligent neighbor got mad when > >> >> > I told him of my campaign to TAKE THE LANE. > > >> >> Not a problem. If you TAKE THE LANE like one lame-brain did on a blind > >> >> corner, there will be one less bicyclist on the road as well. > > >> > Wrong. When you take the lane you are more visible around blind > >> > curves. > > >> This girl wasn't. Good thing I have good brakes. Judging from the size of > >> the brown stain I bet she won't be "asserting her rights" again > > >> Is poop easily removed from Spandex? > > > You causing casualties among the American population as if you were in > > Afghanistan could be a problem. > > You have to use some common sense when bicycling. Riding two abreast in a > 40 MPH zone when you're only making 12 MPH is not a good idea. Could be a > good method to make the Darwin Awards. Driver want to TERRORIZE cyclists and pedestrians, that's it. On Aug 8, 12:37 pm, "Mike Painter" <md.pain...(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement ofTantra-Hammock wrote: > > > > > > Anyway I want to go into the science behind it and try to prove that > > TAKING THE LANE doesn't slow traffic from the current system in which > > the drivers must move somewhat into the next lane not to hit you. > > You've answered your own question. > If the speed limit is 35 and you are doing 15 then you do in fact slow > traffic. > > If there is more than one lane and if you can move into the other lane > safely then the other lane might not be impeded but teh lane the bike is in > will always slow traffic. > > Living near a college town I see people granting mercy and space all the > time. > Many of the people who ride think they are immune from injury, always > visible and not subject to the laws of traffic or physics. > In California when riding a bycycle you are considered a vehicle and must > obey all traffic laws, a rare sight indeed. > > My last close one came when I was making a right turn through a yield sign. > I glanced back to my right before proceeding and saw a bike, on the > sidewalk, coming at high speed. He crossed the intersection in front of me > going the wrong way. Had I not stopped he probably would have run into me. The same thing just happened to me while driving. The cyclist gave me a scare, but he must have seen me. WHY DON'T THEY BAN CYCLING ON SIDEWALKS? What kind of respect do PEDESTRIANS get that don't deserve protection from cyclists? Just like in the Animal Kingdom we have a FOOD CHAIN at work. But nobody has demonstrated to me that drivers are slowed down by cyclists taking the lane. The drivers must avoid the cyclist and move away from him, the more the better. WHY AREN'T DRIVERS HONEST AND TELL US THEY WANT US OUT OF THEIR WAY, AND PASS THE PROBLEM TO THE POWERLESS PEDESTRIANS? |