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Bicycle Logos Painted on Kensington Streets...What Gives?
Riding on the edge is dangerous. By controlling the lane, I'm talking about the traffic lane. We're talking about sharrow markers here. Sharrow markers cannot be installed in a place that has a bike lane. Sharrow markers are installed in places where there is no bike lane and the right most lane is too narrow to be safely shared -- usually because of parallel parked cars though it could just be a regular narrow lane with no space for parking and not enough for a bike and a car to share. This is the situation where bicyclists should be controlling the lane for their own safety. Check out any of the safety references I posted. They all say the same thing.— May 18, 2011 8:16 p.m.
Bicycle Logos Painted on Kensington Streets...What Gives?
I've ridden over 100000 miles in the last two and a half decades on the roads of San Diego. Most of it has been on major roads with plenty of traffic. Somehow, I'm still alive. I hardly ever have close calls and the few that I do have are from psycho drivers who think they're going to teach me a lesson for daring to ride in their road. I don't have accidental close calls. Maybe if you bothered to learn proper bicycle safety (I posted several good references) then you would understand.— May 18, 2011 8:12 p.m.
Bicycle Logos Painted on Kensington Streets...What Gives?
Every single time I'm on the road, I see motorists speeding. I can look out the window of my office and watch how almost no motorists will stop at a stop sign unless there is cross traffic. Every time I'm on the road I see drivers pushing lights well past red, rolling right turn on red without stopping. I could go on and on. The built-in lie of this complaint is that bicyclists are worse than motorists when it comes to obeying the law. How are bicyclists any worse than motorists? A motorist is also far more likely to kill or seriously injure someone else or do a lot of very expensive property damage with their shenanigans. A bicyclist can't do anything close to the same amount of damage. This is nothing but an attempt to rationalize the delusion that bicyclists shouldn't be on the road. It's basically dishonest. And again, it has nothing to do with installing sharrow markers. Nothing. Zip. Zero. Zilch. Nada. It's just someone pushing their delusional anti-bike agenda because they can't bear the trivial inconvenience of moving over to pass a bicyclist once in a while.— May 18, 2011 6:26 p.m.
Bicycle Logos Painted on Kensington Streets...What Gives?
Motorists often don't see bicyclists in broad daylight. Bicyclists who have learned proper safety techniques, like controlling the lane make themselves a lot more visible and a lot more noticeable. You can't not notice a bicyclist in the middle of the lane in front of you.— May 18, 2011 5:37 p.m.
Bicycle Logos Painted on Kensington Streets...What Gives?
cordedpoodel, you're absolutely correct. However, it's relatively rare that motorists actually have to wait as long as 15 seconds for a safe place to pass to open up. On multi-lane roads, all they have to do is change lanes. If they do that early enough, they shouldn't even have to slow down.— May 18, 2011 5:34 p.m.
Bicycle Logos Painted on Kensington Streets...What Gives?
I've been riding up and down the coast from San Ysidro to Oceanside since the mid 1980's. Again, taking the lane in narrow lanes works better for me than riding close to parked cars. I get a lot fewer close passes and I don't have to worry about a door opening in front of me. Almost all motorists DO move over. Occasionally some mentally challenged person will follow close and honk. Maybe 1-2 times per year someone will pass close (I ride around 7000 miles a year these days). Back when I used to keep far right all the time I got close passes whenever the lane got narrow but the difference there was that those drivers were clueless and many were likely not paying a lot of attention to me. The 1-2 per year I get now are completely focused on me and just trying to scared me, which causes me to not actually be scared. When a bicyclist in the middle of the lane, drivers can very easily see them and instantly know that there is not enough room to pass within the lane. There is no ambiguity. There is no confusion. There is no need for careful judgement. You've just got to change lanes. It's easy.— May 18, 2011 5:04 p.m.
Bicycle Logos Painted on Kensington Streets...What Gives?
Visduh, what does some bicyclists breaking the rules have to do with the installation of "sharrow" markers? Why is it that any time there is a story about bicycles, some nitwit has to bring up the fact that some bicyclists break the rules sometimes? How is it any different than the dozens to hundreds of violations I see by motorists every single time I'm out on the road?— May 18, 2011 4:53 p.m.
Bicycle Logos Painted on Kensington Streets...What Gives?
I lived in Golden Hill for about 8 years and rode 28th to/from Harbor many times. Never had a problem there. I've been taking the lane in narrow lanes for years. I have had a lot fewer problems since I've been doing that than I did before I learned to do that. I've been riding the roads of San Diego since the mid 1980's. I've done quite a lot of study of bicycle safety and my mileage is into 6 figures. Ignorance is not as good as knowledge.— May 18, 2011 3:19 p.m.
Bicycle Logos Painted on Kensington Streets...What Gives?
Sorry but you're pretending to know about something which you clearly know nothing about. Ignorance is not as good as knowledge. You need to study bicycle safety or stop pretending that you know anything about it.— May 18, 2011 3:15 p.m.
Bicycle Logos Painted on Kensington Streets...What Gives?
Controlling the lane is a safety technique that has been proven for decades now. I gave you links to classes and a link to a safety site and ISBN's for two books that all say the exact same thing. Controlling the lane is not a new idea. If you think that it is, then that's only because you have never studied bicycle safety. I've given you the resources. Either go study or stop pretending that you know what you are talking about. You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.— May 18, 2011 3:13 p.m.