Does a bicycle TAKING THE LANE slow down traffic?
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From: His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock on 8 Aug 2010 13:49 A couple of days ago, my good but unintelligent neighbor got mad when I told him of my campaign to TAKE THE LANE. No way he should be slowed down when he drives from his job in the boondocks. I think he hates me now. Probably we would be hated by everyone out there who's been programmed to drive, never mind the fact they sit for hours in traffic jams. The fact that ONE MORE BIKE MEANS ONE FEWER CAR escapes their imagination --if they ever use it. I think they want the cyclists off the road and on the sidewalk, where they become a problem for pedestrians. 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. This creates, first of all, a "no man's land" area and a cascading effect in which he's watching both the cars and the cyclist, where the cyclist is at risk, and the next car may not even be aware of the presence of the bike. If the car must exit your lane, however, he passes in a smooth way --ONLY BEING CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC-- and leaving the cyclist unaffected and safe. I understand that asking for mercy and SPACE for those at the bottom of the food chain --for both cyclists and pedestrians-- is highly altruistic... but such are the demands of civilization. ------------------------------------------------------------- THE WISE TIBETAN MONKEY SAYS "Evolution OR Revolution --that is the question" http://webspawner.com/users/BIKEFORPEACE "WE NEED SPACE TO LIVE, YOU KNOW" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uQ9ybSgnTg
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 8 Aug 2010 14:13 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. Hey, I ran across a Tercel White Hawk for sale...
From: His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock on 8 Aug 2010 14:31 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. > > Hey, I ran across a Tercel White Hawk for sale... I thought they would give them away. ;)
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 8 Aug 2010 14:48 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? > >> >> Hey, I ran across a Tercel White Hawk for sale... > > I thought they would give them away. ;)
From: His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock on 8 Aug 2010 14:51
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. |