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What Motorist Advocacy Does For Cycling
On Mar 15, 10:30*am, Peter Cole wrote:
On 3/15/2011 11:49 AM, Jay Beattie wrote: On Mar 15, 8:15 am, Frank *wrote: On Mar 15, 9:00 am, Duane *wrote: Bike lanes are unequal. *They give me the same right to use as a regular lane gives a motorist and additionally prevent the motorist from access. They give you the right to use the bike lane. *They tend to take away your right to use the rest of the road - for example, to merge left for turns, to avoid parked car doors, to avoid debris or potholes. Sure, you can still merge out over the line; but in some places you'll be ticketed for doing so. I'm not aware of any state that makes you stay in the bicycle lane when it is dangerous to do so. Even the regressive Oregon law allows you to leave the bicycle lane to merge left or right for a turn. I think the problems with typical striped bike lanes is that (1) they give cyclists a false sense of security -- that cars will actually regard the lane as a lane and yield right of way, and (2) that at merges (lanes entering or exiting on the right) where the bike lane continue to the right and the cyclist needs to get over to continue straight, cars assume that the bikes will go right -- following the lane no matter what. The Oregon law specifically states that a bicyclist may "continu[e]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" -- but I persistently get honked at for doing this, and some people actually work at cutting me off. *Again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK2eS...er_embedded#at... It's that split at 4:30. Again, I like the additional road surface, and with proper driver education and perhaps appropriate medication for drivers, bicycle lanes could work well. -- Jay Beattie. Phew, if I had to bike commute on that route every day -- well, I wouldn't. As much as commuting in a car sucks, that sucks much worse. Ride with semi's in the rain -- yeah, that'll sell... Man, I just hate riding in the suburbs.- Hide quoted text - Suburbs? Dude, that is like a mile from my office. That is town. Looking south:http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_chirs/1685188578/ Looking north (and a little south): http://www.flickr.com/photos/sowellman/4729142192/ Anothe way to work. -- Jay. |
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What Motorist Advocacy Does For Cycling
Duane Hebert writes:
On 3/14/2011 8:32 PM, Tēm ShermĒn °_° wrote: On 3/14/2011 8:14 AM, Duane Hebert wrote: On 3/13/2011 10:11 PM, Tēm ShermĒn °_° wrote: On 3/13/2011 8:59 PM, Duane Hebert wrote: [...] Don't get me wrong. I don't want bike lanes or paths everywhere. Only where they can be useful. Mostly on busy roads in congested cities. Apparently this attitude is untenable to some. Shrug snip How about a wider than normal inner lane with a lower speed limit? Sure. Not sure when that would happen though. Makes more sense to lobby for, than for separate and unequal facilities. Bike lanes are unequal. They give me the same right to use as a regular lane gives a motorist and additionally prevent the motorist from access. I like the idea. Just to expand a bit on the argument: Suppose one had a (say) 25 foot wide lane. That would provide enough room for two cars to drive comfortably, why divide the lane with arbitrary markings? Why not let drivers share the space as they see fit? For some reason, at least in the parts of the world that have been driving the longest, this idea is rarely put into practice for motor vehicles. I wonder why that is? -- |
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What Motorist Advocacy Does For Cycling
On 3/15/2011 2:44 PM, Jay Beattie wrote:
On Mar 15, 10:30 am, Peter wrote: On 3/15/2011 11:49 AM, Jay Beattie wrote: On Mar 15, 8:15 am, Frank wrote: On Mar 15, 9:00 am, Duane wrote: Bike lanes are unequal. They give me the same right to use as a regular lane gives a motorist and additionally prevent the motorist from access. They give you the right to use the bike lane. They tend to take away your right to use the rest of the road - for example, to merge left for turns, to avoid parked car doors, to avoid debris or potholes. Sure, you can still merge out over the line; but in some places you'll be ticketed for doing so. I'm not aware of any state that makes you stay in the bicycle lane when it is dangerous to do so. Even the regressive Oregon law allows you to leave the bicycle lane to merge left or right for a turn. I think the problems with typical striped bike lanes is that (1) they give cyclists a false sense of security -- that cars will actually regard the lane as a lane and yield right of way, and (2) that at merges (lanes entering or exiting on the right) where the bike lane continue to the right and the cyclist needs to get over to continue straight, cars assume that the bikes will go right -- following the lane no matter what. The Oregon law specifically states that a bicyclist may "continu[e]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" -- but I persistently get honked at for doing this, and some people actually work at cutting me off. Again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK2eS...er_embedded#at... It's that split at 4:30. Again, I like the additional road surface, and with proper driver education and perhaps appropriate medication for drivers, bicycle lanes could work well. -- Jay Beattie. Phew, if I had to bike commute on that route every day -- well, I wouldn't. As much as commuting in a car sucks, that sucks much worse. Ride with semi's in the rain -- yeah, that'll sell... Man, I just hate riding in the suburbs.- Hide quoted text - Suburbs? Dude, that is like a mile from my office. That is town. Looking south:http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_chirs/1685188578/ Looking north (and a little south): http://www.flickr.com/photos/sowellman/4729142192/ Anothe way to work. -- Jay. What's the speed limit there? Seems like a pretty decent setup with the bike lanes shown in the picture. How do you find it? I have a similar section on my commute but no lanes and the limit is 90 k/h. A lot of trucks as well. I mentioned that I would appreciate a bike lane there but was derided by the usual suspects. |
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What Motorist Advocacy Does For Cycling
On 3/15/2011 2:44 PM, Jay Beattie wrote:
On Mar 15, 10:30 am, Peter wrote: On 3/15/2011 11:49 AM, Jay Beattie wrote: On Mar 15, 8:15 am, Frank wrote: On Mar 15, 9:00 am, Duane wrote: Bike lanes are unequal. They give me the same right to use as a regular lane gives a motorist and additionally prevent the motorist from access. They give you the right to use the bike lane. They tend to take away your right to use the rest of the road - for example, to merge left for turns, to avoid parked car doors, to avoid debris or potholes. Sure, you can still merge out over the line; but in some places you'll be ticketed for doing so. I'm not aware of any state that makes you stay in the bicycle lane when it is dangerous to do so. Even the regressive Oregon law allows you to leave the bicycle lane to merge left or right for a turn. I think the problems with typical striped bike lanes is that (1) they give cyclists a false sense of security -- that cars will actually regard the lane as a lane and yield right of way, and (2) that at merges (lanes entering or exiting on the right) where the bike lane continue to the right and the cyclist needs to get over to continue straight, cars assume that the bikes will go right -- following the lane no matter what. The Oregon law specifically states that a bicyclist may "continu[e]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" -- but I persistently get honked at for doing this, and some people actually work at cutting me off. Again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK2eS...er_embedded#at... It's that split at 4:30. Again, I like the additional road surface, and with proper driver education and perhaps appropriate medication for drivers, bicycle lanes could work well. -- Jay Beattie. Phew, if I had to bike commute on that route every day -- well, I wouldn't. As much as commuting in a car sucks, that sucks much worse. Ride with semi's in the rain -- yeah, that'll sell... Man, I just hate riding in the suburbs.- Hide quoted text - Suburbs? Dude, that is like a mile from my office. That is town. Looking south:http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_chirs/1685188578/ Looking north (and a little south): http://www.flickr.com/photos/sowellman/4729142192/ Anothe way to work. -- Jay. Where da people at? |
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What Motorist Advocacy Does For Cycling
On Mar 15, 11:49*am, Jay Beattie wrote:
On Mar 15, 8:15*am, Frank Krygowski wrote: On Mar 15, 9:00*am, Duane Hebert wrote: Bike lanes are unequal. *They give me the same right to use as a regular lane gives a motorist and additionally prevent the motorist from access. They give you the right to use the bike lane. *They tend to take away your right to use the rest of the road - for example, to merge left for turns, to avoid parked car doors, to avoid debris or potholes. Sure, you can still merge out over the line; but in some places you'll be ticketed for doing so. I'm not aware of any state that makes you stay in the bicycle lane when it is dangerous to do so. Even the regressive Oregon law allows you to leave the bicycle lane to merge left or right for a turn. The specific incident I was thinking of happened in Portland a few years ago, where a cyclist (city worker, IIRC) was ticketed for leaving a door zone bike lane on a downhill. I thought he fought it in court, and that Roger Geller ended up testifying in his behalf - after having been responsible for installing the bike lane. I admit, my memory of the details is dim. You probably remember better than I. Then there's Google... - Frank Krygowski |
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What Motorist Advocacy Does For Cycling
On Mar 15, 2:55*pm, Radey Shouman wrote:
Duane Hebert writes: On 3/14/2011 8:32 PM, T m Sherm n _ wrote: On 3/14/2011 8:14 AM, Duane Hebert wrote: On 3/13/2011 10:11 PM, T m Sherm n _ wrote: On 3/13/2011 8:59 PM, Duane Hebert wrote: [...] Don't get me wrong. I don't want bike lanes or paths everywhere. Only where they can be useful. Mostly on busy roads in congested cities. Apparently this attitude is untenable to some. Shrug snip How about a wider than normal inner lane with a lower speed limit? Sure. Not sure when that would happen though. Makes more sense to lobby for, than for separate and unequal facilities. Bike lanes are unequal. *They give me the same right to use as a regular lane gives a motorist and additionally prevent the motorist from access. I like the idea. Just to expand a bit on the argument: Suppose one had a (say) 25 foot wide lane. *That would provide enough room for two cars to drive comfortably, why divide the lane with arbitrary markings? *Why not let drivers share the space as they see fit? For some reason, at least in the parts of the world that have been driving the longest, this idea is rarely put into practice for motor vehicles. I wonder why that is? -- Yeah, and could expand the argument some more and get rid of all lines altogether and sidewalks as well and let everybody share happily... Think about it, pedestrians walk on ghettos and that's discrimination. Actually that's the way it out in the suburbs, right? No sidewalks most of the time. |
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What Motorist Advocacy Does For Cycling
On Mar 15, 11:15*am, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On Mar 15, 9:00*am, Duane Hebert wrote: Bike lanes are unequal. *They give me the same right to use as a regular lane gives a motorist and additionally prevent the motorist from access.. They give you the right to use the bike lane. *They tend to take away your right to use the rest of the road - for example, to merge left for turns, to avoid parked car doors, to avoid debris or potholes. Sure, you can still merge out over the line; but in some places you'll be ticketed for doing so. Sure, you may fight the ticket. You might even win; but you'll still be out the time and aggravation. But even more sure, the lane does _not_ prevent the motorist from access. *Any painted line you can ride over, a motorist can drive over. *Your dreaded attack from the rear is still possible. * I like the idea. We know. * But it still makes little sense. http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=htt...com/wordpress/.... http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=htt...ld.com/pete.me.... http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=htt...ort.org/bicycl.... However the other day I was forced to take the lane in order to avoid the door area on a 4 lane road (no bike lane), and this dummy woman blasted the horn since she thought I was taking over her space. Is this damn if you do, damn if you don't? |
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What Motorist Advocacy Does For Cycling
On Mar 15, 1:20*pm, Peter Cole wrote:
On 3/15/2011 2:44 PM, Jay Beattie wrote: On Mar 15, 10:30 am, Peter *wrote: On 3/15/2011 11:49 AM, Jay Beattie wrote: On Mar 15, 8:15 am, Frank * *wrote: On Mar 15, 9:00 am, Duane * *wrote: Bike lanes are unequal. *They give me the same right to use as a regular lane gives a motorist and additionally prevent the motorist from access. They give you the right to use the bike lane. *They tend to take away your right to use the rest of the road - for example, to merge left for turns, to avoid parked car doors, to avoid debris or potholes. Sure, you can still merge out over the line; but in some places you'll be ticketed for doing so. I'm not aware of any state that makes you stay in the bicycle lane when it is dangerous to do so. Even the regressive Oregon law allows you to leave the bicycle lane to merge left or right for a turn. I think the problems with typical striped bike lanes is that (1) they give cyclists a false sense of security -- that cars will actually regard the lane as a lane and yield right of way, and (2) that at merges (lanes entering or exiting on the right) where the bike lane continue to the right and the cyclist needs to get over to continue straight, cars assume that the bikes will go right -- following the lane no matter what. The Oregon law specifically states that a bicyclist may "continu[e]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" -- but I persistently get honked at for doing this, and some people actually work at cutting me off. *Again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK2eS...er_embedded#at... It's that split at 4:30. Again, I like the additional road surface, and with proper driver education and perhaps appropriate medication for drivers, bicycle lanes could work well. -- Jay Beattie. Phew, if I had to bike commute on that route every day -- well, I wouldn't. As much as commuting in a car sucks, that sucks much worse. Ride with semi's in the rain -- yeah, that'll sell... Man, I just hate riding in the suburbs.- Hide quoted text - Suburbs? *Dude, that is like a mile from my office. That is town. Looking south:http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_chirs/1685188578/ Looking north (and a little south):http://www.flickr.com/photos/sowellman/4729142192/ Anothe way to work. -- Jay. Where da people at?- Hide quoted text - Everywhere. It's a pretty dense city, and we do have lots of traffic, e.g. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bikepor...n/photostream/ http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2527/...bb1438b687.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/bikeportland/34052342/ |
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OT - Moving to Japan
"dgk" wrote in message
... On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:34:59 -0500, Tēm ShermĒnT °_° " wrote: On 3/14/2011 8:13 PM, Edward Dolan wrote: [...] And why the hell should that be? The only "particular" country I know about is America. Poor Tom Sherman has most likely never traveled abroad. If he had, he would know something about America that does indeed make it exceptional. Uh Ed, I am originally from Canuckistan. But Tom Sherman belongs in France sitting at a sidewalk cafe in Paris commiserating with the g.d. French *******s about how horrible America is. My God, it must be some kind of original sin to go through life as an ideologue committed to liberalism-socialism-communism. He read Marx and Engels as a youth and never recovered from it. Groucho Marx? Groucho Marx certainly warped my life. But if we're talking recent things to regret that America did, I think the chemical warfare we conducted on Vietnam is at the top. So hard to say though. Our invasion of Iraq, a country that never did anything to us, was pretty awful also. And, of course, using "depleted Uranium" while talking about the horror of poison gas was pretty funny. Saddam's Iraq was an abomination. We should have taken him out in the first Iraq War. A country that never did anything to us? What a laugh that is! But leave it to liberal Dems to forever play the role of cowards and scoundrels. Obama does not have a clue about foreign affairs either. What a total nincompoop he is! That asshole is even worse than Carter, if that is possible. But it's all so that wealthy Americans can move their money abroad safely so I guess it's all ok. Not wealthy yourself? Get over it. I'm not wealthy either, but someone has got to be or else we would all be as poor as the god damn ****ing street Arabs of the Middle East. -- Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota |
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OT - Moving to Japan
On 3/15/2011 8:34 AM, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per AMuzi: And the Persians/Iranians haven't made amends for sacking Athens (just before coming in 2d at Salamis). Then there were a series of raids by the various Mayan kings, enslaving and/or sacrificing the survivors in the 1200s to 1400s. No apologies there either. Yeah, but - The rape of Nanking happened within the lifetime of some people still living today As did the Conquest of Iraq. In fact, the invaders are still in Iraq. - Japan still has war memorials eulogizing some of the perpetrators George Tenet, Norman Podhoretz, and Paul Bremer have the Presidential Medal of Freedom. - There is a significant level of denial at the national level. Yes, many USians still falsely believe the Conquest of Iraq was about spreading democracy and protecting the world for weapons of mass destruction. It wouldn't get us anything - but it would get Japan as a nation/people enhanced credibility. Same with the US. -- Tēm ShermĒn - 42.435731,-83.985007 I am a vehicular cyclist. |
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