On Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:08:23 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

This shot, in central Pennsylvania, is the track crossing with the worst
angle I remember: https://goo.gl/maps/T4JAsTvKSeD2

Here's a slightly better Google street view image:
https://goo.gl/maps/K5dKHUC9g8o

The tracks are very
near parallel with the road. The sign says "Bicyclists dismount." It's a
good idea (although I didn't.)

Yeah, that's a really bad crossing. I think a sign with the previous
months accident and fatality figures might be more effective. Or
maybe something subtle like "Walk Your Bike or Die"?

This might be amusing|disgusting|informative:
"Single Bicycle Crashes at Skewed Rail Crossing"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfeQvbIFBks (3:57)
(Note that the video is 2X faster than reality).
The first half of the video shows riders mostly in a bicycle lane that
is only a little narrower than the traffic lane. Notice how many
cyclists that crash, land in the adjacent traffic lane. In the 2nd
half of the video, the city attempted to solve the problem by moving
the bike lane away from traffic, but only succeeded in making things
worse because of the slight slope and only slightly less angled
approach. The moral is that even the city traffic engineers didn't
understand exactly what was happening.

Maybe:
https://www.ilovebicycling.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/angled-railroad-tracks1.jpg

"How to Properly Cross Rail Tracks on your Bike"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSogGOjEDnI (1:12)
Notice how the two riders in the video both cut across the corners.


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