Does a bicycle TAKING THE LANE slow down traffic?
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From: Matthew Russotto on 9 Aug 2010 21:46 In article <1f69084f-6233-4ac5-8bf7-3028196cc9a7(a)y32g2000prc.googlegroups.com>, Spartakus <spartakus(a)my-deja.com> wrote: > > >Does anyone like mimes? People aren't signing up for mime school, but >they are going for bikes in a big way. You may as well resign >yourself to having to share the road with ever-increasing numbers of >cyclists. Nope. Most people will buy them, ride them for a little bit, then let them rot in the garage. -- The problem with socialism is there's always someone with less ability and more need.
From: His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock & the Stationary Bicycle t on 9 Aug 2010 22:53 On Aug 9, 6:44 pm, russo...(a)grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto) wrote: > In article <0661db98-5c62-4012-af90-0c4f16924...(a)a4g2000prm.googlegroups.com>, > Harry K <turnkey4...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >Could you clarify that? In mosst states they have the KRETP or STKR > >laws which means the vehicles must keep in the right most lanes unless > >passing or if they are slower than the flow. In the law you cite is > >it the bicycle must be in the right _lane_ (I bet it is), or as far to > >the right _in the lane_ as possible (I bet it isn't). > > In most states the bicycle must be as far to the right _in the lane_ > as practicable. Bicyclist logic tends to twist the hell out of that > word "practicable", though. That's open to interpretation and conflict is sure to erupt b/ driver and cyclist, where the cyclist has the more to lose. How many feet would you want b/ a car and you if you were riding a bike?
From: Micheal C. Jordan on 9 Aug 2010 23:05 "His Highness the TibetanMonkey, Creator of the Movement of Tantra-Hammock" (nolionnoproblem(a)yahoo.com) writes: > later a guy in an SUV blasted the horn at me --outside the > bridge-- I guess for taking the lane; and finally another guy blew the > horn and I gave him the finger... > Hey Monkey Boy. Don't keep us guessing. Which one of your twenty fingers did you give him?
From: Nate Nagel on 10 Aug 2010 19:01
On 08/09/2010 07:30 PM, Tom wrote: > > > > > "Spartakus" <spartakus(a)my-deja.com> wrote in message > news:1f69084f-6233-4ac5-8bf7-3028196cc9a7(a)y32g2000prc.googlegroups.com... >> edspyhill01 <edspyhil...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I'm a bit too left wing and an agnostic so I can't be an American >>> Taliban. Bicylists are like mimes - nobody likes them. >> >> Does anyone like mimes? People aren't signing up for mime school, but >> they are going for bikes in a big way. You may as well resign >> yourself to having to share the road with ever-increasing numbers of >> cyclists. > > Bicycles are road hazards. to be paved over and eliminated, you cant > hear them see them and they are always in the road. 2 lane roads and > bicycles are a accident waiting to happen > black bikes black clothing and dim or no lights (squish) Good lights are required if riding at night, unfortunately they are not *legally* required... my bike has a BuMM IQ Cyo headlight and a Shimano hub dynamo (obviously not a racy type bike) and if you can't see that coming, you shouldn't be on the road. I put little bits of reflective tape all over the frame too. Unfortunately it seems that most people who ride at night think that it makes them look too fredly to be conspicuous, but I kinda like not being metabolically challenged, and I never have been mistaken for cool anyway. nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel |