What Motorist Advocacy Does For Cycling
On 3/9/2011 1:13 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On Mar 9, 12:54 pm, Duane wrote:
On 3/9/2011 12:42 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On Mar 9, 8:58 am, Duane wrote:
If someone parks their car where there's a bike lane to the left of them
then they should expect bikes on their left. When I lived in Boston
there were not many bike lanes at all and people still got doored.
Would you support signage and publicity that said "Bicyclists: Never
ride more than three feet from a parked car!" ?
I would support warning that riding within 3 feet of a parked car can be
dangerous. I would also support warning motorists to take care when
opening a door on the street side.
The word "never" would bother me. I would prefer to let the cyclist
weigh the dangers.
Do you understand that you're talking about the opposite of those
signs I proposed? And, of course, the opposite of what most door-zone
bike lanes tell cyclists?
I am opposed to the word "never."
WRT door zone bike lanes, if you don't like door zone bike lanes,
campaign against them. That's what I would do if I found one around
here. I'd leave out the "white stripe" hyperbole though.
|