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Just a reminder we need Bike Lanes
Tim McNamara writes:
This reminds me of what I think is one of the worst situations in traffic- having to deal with a right turn lane when going straight ahead on the bike, in rush hour. I come across this sort of situation fairly regularly, and there rarely seems to be a graceful way to handle it. The cars want to get into the right turn lane, naturally enough, and I want to get across it to the non-turning lane. Around here it is not uncommon to see a right turn only lane and adjacent to that a lane where the driver has the option to go straight or turn right. These are a pain to deal with on a bike when you are going straight through. You might think it would be easier, just ride down the middle of the second lane, however, that is frequently the lane most drivers want to use when turning right ('cause they can then make a quick left into *Bucks, or whereever). The one that I had to negotiate every morning was also at the end of a 1/2 mile uphill section, with a freeway off-ramp at the bottom, so the speed difference was huge. Usually I'd take the third lane and then deal with merging back to the right after crossing the intersection, however, getting to the third lane wasn't always easy. Fortunately, if I couldn't go straight through, I could also get to my destination by turning right, so I'd then proceed with plan B. Joe |
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