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Old December 10th 10, 06:29 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Duane Hébert
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Default Bicyclist Fatalities in AZ 2009

On 12/10/2010 1:22 PM, DirtRoadie wrote:
On Dec 10, 8:53 am, Frank wrote:
On Dec 10, 2:50 am, wrote:

On Dec 10, 5:47 pm, Frank wrote:


On Dec 10, 12:19 am, Jay wrote:
On the twisting climbs through the West Hills, I
always just pull way over and let cars pass and do not attempt to
control traffic by riding in the middle of the road on a 10% climb at
8mph. On any narrow road downtown, I'm travelling at or above the
speed of traffic.


Speed does make a difference, both absolute speed and relative
speed.


I don't recall mention of speed in your hypothetical. Did I miss
that?


That case was constructed so it didn't matter. There is no safe speed
for an 8.5 foot truck to pass a moving bicyclist in a ten foot wide
lane.


Frank, I think we have already established that it is physically
impossible "for an 8.5 foot truck to pass a moving bicyclist in a ten
foot wide lane."


Even if the cyclist is not in the center.

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