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Bicycle Logos Painted on Kensington Streets...What Gives?
Meant to say: "This marker does not make motorists run into the left side of bicyclists". Weird typo.— May 18, 2011 12:48 p.m.
Bicycle Logos Painted on Kensington Streets...What Gives?
How much do you think that a little paint costs? This is trivial compared to most of the maintenance costs on the road. Did you read my first post? These markers merely make rights that bicyclists ALREADY HAD more clear to everyone. Whose fault is it that you don't know the rules of the road? Whose fault is it that you don't understand the principles of bicycle safety? http://www.sdcbc.org/classes.htm#1 http://www.bikeleague.org/programs/education/cour… http://www.bikexprt.com/streetsmarts/usa/index.htm Effective Cycling by John Forester, ISBN 0262560704 Cyclecraft by John Franklin, ISBN 0117064769— May 18, 2011 12:31 p.m.
Bicycle Logos Painted on Kensington Streets...What Gives?
This logo was not designed by SDCBC. Did you even bother to read the article? Did you not read any of my references? This is a standard road marking defined in the national Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). I gave a link to that document. Look for "shared lane" in that document. This marker does not make motorists run into the left side of motorists. Why would it? How does that even remotely make sense? These markers have been tested over the course of the last few years in several cities and they have worked extremely well. San Diego is late to the game on these.— May 18, 2011 12:27 p.m.
Bicycle Logos Painted on Kensington Streets...What Gives?
It should be noted that shared lane (sharrow) markers are put in places where bicyclists already had the right to control the lane. That right is a combination of their right to be in the road granted by CVC 21200(a) and an exemption from the requirement to keep far right within the lane by CVC 21202(a)(3). These markers are merely informational to let people know that conditions necessary to satisfy at least one of the exceptions in CVC 21202(a)(3) are present. http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/2009/part9.pdf http://dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/vc/vctoc.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_law_in_Calif…— May 18, 2011 8:23 a.m.
Getting Around my Neighborhood via Public Transportation
The San Diego County Bicycle Coalition is a provider of the Traffic Skills 101 course designed by the League of American Bicyclists. The course teaches people how to ride a bicycle safely in traffic. I highly recommend it. If you can't handle the $65 fee or or don't have time for the class, the book "Bicycling Street Smarts" is available for free online, and teaches mostly the same stuff. It is possible to ride safely in traffic in San Diego. Some drivers are bad, but most don't seem to have a problem with bicyclists. Avoiding the relatively small percentage of psycho drivers is not worth giving up mobility. If you start bicycle commuting, you might want to check out sdbikecommuter.com forums. It's a friendly community, oriented primarily towards bicycle commuter issues, though other cycling related topics do come up. Anyone who rides a bicycle is welcome and nobody there will tease you if you have a cheap bike or ride slowly or anything like that. Even if you're just thinking about bicycle commuting and don't have a bicycle yet, I'm sure that people there would be happy to answer any questions you might have. The people there like to encourage new and prospective bicycle commuters.— February 1, 2011 8:45 p.m.
Pedaling Diego: San Diego's Growing Bicycle Mania
Bicyclists don't ignore the rules of the road any more than drivers do. If you think that they do, then you are delusional. I see bicyclists stop at red lights and stop signs every day. Do I really need to go through the laundry list of violations of the rules of the road I see from dozens of drivers every single day?— January 19, 2011 12:45 a.m.
Pedaling Diego: San Diego's Growing Bicycle Mania
He's pointing out that there were a lot of factual errors in the article indicating that the research was poorly done. Much of what he's pointing out is a bit on the pedantic side but he is correct. The article says a lot of things that help perpetuate many of unfair negative stereotypes about bicyclists and bicycling. The author may not have intended it that way, but it came out that way just the same. Better research might have averted that problem.— January 19, 2011 12:39 a.m.
Pedaling Diego: San Diego's Growing Bicycle Mania
Fear is often a result of ignorance. In 2009, seven times as many motorcyclists were killed as bicyclists. I'm pretty sure that there aren't seven times as many motorcyclists as bicyclists. Your perception of safety is not accurate. Furthermore, if you get the proper safety training you'll be surprised at how safe bicycling can be.— January 6, 2011 1:24 a.m.
Pedaling Diego: San Diego's Growing Bicycle Mania
MaryIce, you are the biggest crybaby of all. First, bicycles are not toys. They are a means of transportation and have been so in the U.S. for the last 130 years. I commute around 6000-7000 miles per year by bicycle. Many people own cars but prefer to travel by bicycle. Many young people can't afford a car. Some people choose not to own a car. Some people are legally prevented from driving a motor vehicle in the road. They all have to have some way to get around. Public transportation in this city is pathetic and has been getting worse with recent budget cuts. Second, I see lots of drivers roll stop signs and run red lights every single day (I work downtown). Most drivers speed most of the time that they can. Most drivers will not yield right of way to a pedestrian at an uncontrolled intersection or even a crosswalk unless that crosswalk also has a red light or stop sign to make them stop. I see drivers driving with a cell phone up to their ear every day. I see drivers turn across multiple lanes multiple times a week. Drivers have zero respect for the law. Third, California law C.V.C. 21202(a) gives bicyclists the same right to the road as motor vehicles. There is no law against a bicycle going 15mph in a 30mph zone. If you think that there is, then you are delusional. Don't try me on C.V.C. 22400. I've got 5 different good legal reasons from a lawyer why a ticket for such would never hold up to the court process. Fourth, bicyclists do have to follow the same laws as drivers with only a few exceptions. That's also stated in C.V.C. 21200(a). Maybe if you ever bothered to read the law, you would actually have an idea of what it says. Bicyclists can and do get tickets. Fifth, most surface roads are paid for by general fund taxes. Ignorant people trying to rationalize their childish prejudice against bicyclists seem to all live under the delusion that their fuel taxes pay for all of the roads. The fact is that most of that money goes to state and federal highways and doesn't even completely fund those. The fact is that bicyclists pay as much for the regular surface roads where you find most of them most of the time as anyone else does. This is what happens when you just make stuff up instead of doing your research. You just show your ignorance. Sixth, the city doesn't have a choice about allowing bicycles in the road. California state law prevents cities from modifying the rules of the road except for a very small number of specific things which they are allowed to regulate -- none of those includes denying bicyclists the right to use the road.— January 6, 2011 1:06 a.m.
Pedaling Diego: San Diego's Growing Bicycle Mania
youmustlearn: It sounds like your biggest complaint with bicyclists is that they pass you when you're stuck in traffic instead of staying stuck with you. That sounds very petty and childish to me. How does it affect you if they manage to get to go while you are stuck?— December 30, 2010 11:38 p.m.