Bike boxes - a failed experiment
On Oct 17, 9:36*am, Dan O wrote:
On Oct 17, 9:07*am, Frank Krygowski wrote:
snip vitriolic rant
Takeaway message #1: *Do not position yourself to the right of a right
turning vehicle, no matter what the "magic" bike facility tells you to
do. *Instead, guard against right hooks. *Take the lane when
necessary.
I'd say do whatever is necessary.
Of course, in Oregon, bike lanes are pretty much mandatory. *That
leads to takeaway message #2: *Be very careful what you - or your
local "bike advocates" - ask for.
Even if the bike lane wasn't there, the law requires riding as far
right as practicable; and the mandatory sidepath law includes lots of
exceptions, including explicitly, "Continuing straight at an
intersection where the bicycle lane or path is to the right of a lane
from which a motor vehicle must turn right."
....oh - "... *must* turn right". Well, anyway there is another
exception for leaving the bike lane to "avoid... other hazardous
conditions".
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