Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Bicyclists causing trouble in traffic.....again.

I typed what I typed. If you were to bother with doing any research/studying, you'd find that the overwhelming majority of the information out there supports my position. This is a simple read that describes common situations where cyclists are hit by cars. "Ride further left" or "don't hug the curb" is spelled out as the mitigating measure in most. https://bicyclesafe.com/

No where on earth is there a defined optional 'lane B' for Bicycle riding other than on Michael Bluejays all about bicycling page.

It's easy to detect a bicycle douche online, they all have that 'fan mail' link at the top of their page.

On the road, I absolutely take a cooperative approach with motorists. I do when I drive and I do when I am on bicycle paths as well.

This is the kind of road I love to ride when I can.


I ride in the middle of the lane to make myself more visible to vehicles that come up from behind. As they approach, I regularly glance over my shoulder. This should communicate to them that I am aware of their presence. What normally happens is while they are well back, they start moving left. I gravitate right. We have a mutually respectful, safe encounter where the whole of the burden on either of us is easing over.

It was on this road that a tractor trailer rig was coming from each direction. They were going to arrive at my location at about the same time. I pulled over, picked my bike up and moved it about 4 feet off of the road. For most of this 60+ mile ride, no driver had to do anything more than ease over for me. At one point the road started winding. I was approaching a bend in the road. I had a car coming from behind. I could hear a car coming from around the bend. I didn't have a place to get off the road. I held up my hand as if to say "wait." the car behind me waited until we cleared the bend, then passed. They probably lost 10 seconds. Most drivers are okay with me doing the best I can in that situation. A select few will be enraged.

On the other hand, there were a couple of instances where motor vehicles had a number of vehicles stacked up behind them. When those packs got to me, I got out of the way. That was a courtesy that the driver at the front of the pack wouldn't extend to those behind them, despite the fact that there were many places along the way to pull over.

^^^^^^^^^^^^ "Not Rocket Surgery."

But definitely arrogance and lack of common sense.

Just quit swerving all over the place.


And look at the bright side---that molehill you're gonna climb in the photo just got transformed into a mountain. On account of the huge inconvenience to the driver who had to move over to the left as he passed.

When you drive down the road do you stay in the middle of the road until 'you think' oncoming traffic has seen you and then move back into your proper lane?

Let's try this again tomorrow morning, before the Bloody Marys.

Exactly what does this sign mean to you?

I'm just finishing up a 8 mile walk with my dog, he's gets a 5 hour workout every morning.

Must admit, I've been a bit distracted a time or two when cars passed by us during our walk.

Thank gawd my dog understands his position along a roadway and remains safe without my guidance.

Got any pics of your dog in spandex?

lmao, I grew up riding bikes, I could take your bike and pull it up into a wheelie and ride it as long as I wanted to. s
Saw my friend get killed when we were 6yrs old because he got off the shoulder on the freeway going to the park and get hit by a car doing 75. You lack common sense.

Paul,

While I know the driver was in the wrong, I'm still glad some bicyclists got hit by a car.

Apologies for not being more clear.



Dave

lolololololol

Let's try a different approach. Go back and read the post that I made with the pic of the remote roadway. In that post I describe how I ride. Specifically what is unsafe, how is it unsafe and what, other than not being on the road to begin with, should I do differently?

I predict that you'll balk at an honest answer.

I suck at wheelies. I am not sure what that has to do with risk mitigation in bicycling.

You walk your dog on the road?

They swerve back and forth across the road.

Damn Rog.

Ain't heard a wheelie-brag since the 5th grade. You never disappoint.

LOL

lololololol

smallretard threads always go the same way.

Can't nobody get him ta agree he's an @sshole.

And he'll never get anyone else ta agree he's not.