On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:30:43 -0400, Alex Rodriguez
wrote:

In article ,
says...

Was making a right a few days back and looked to my left and saw it
was clear so started making the turn. And theres a cyclist 20 feet
away coming right towards me hugging the curb on his left side of the
road. Didn't hit him but certainly could have. Cyclists do this a lot
and i understand why - for them it is safer. But i'm sure it's
illegal. Also saw a cyclist run a red light to make a left hand turn
with a cop stopped at the intersection. Cop did nothing.

WRONG! It is not safer to ride against traffic. Hopefully this cyclist
will figure out the error of his ways before he gets hurt, or causes
seomeone
else to get hurt.
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Alex


This right way/wrong way is starting to sound like a religious war.
I ride one road that requires me to ride wrong way in one direction.
The road has a bike path on one side only, so I am right way going
one direction, wrong way coming back. Why do I do this? Survival.
The road is a country style road where everybody speeds because
they know that the police rarely patrol there. There have been
times where I have had to go into the dirt and would have been hit
if I had been going the right way.
I don't want to become road kill just to follow the law blindly.
When in town or a housing development I ride the right way, so if
there were no country roads I would be legal all the time.
Just an opinion.
Bill Baka



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