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AG: Legal isn't always smart
Duane wrote:
But likely a 44 ton truck is not going to be able to pass me in the same lane with 1m to spare so he will be forced to move to the other lane. Well theoretically anyway. That's what they seem to do in places where the 1m min is in effect. At the moment here it's up to the driver to determine what a safe passing distance is. 1 meter minimum is better than that, I think. Depends on the road. Many years ago, I got blown off the road by a passing truck. I don't remember for sure, but it may have given 2m of clearance, but certainly not more than that. In this particular situation, I was on a right-hand bend, the road had minimal paved shoulder, and a double-yellow center line. Because it was essentially a blind curve, the truck had near-zero incentive to give me anything more than the absolute minimum space. For me getting blown off the road, that was partly that I was really fatigued, and it probably wouldn't have happened, if I had been in better condition. Smith |
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Am 08.09.2015 um 21:05 schrieb Phil W Lee:
The difference between those types of dashed markings is advisory. Where there is a mandatory restriction of crossing the centre line, it will be doubled, with at least one of the lines being solid. If only one line is solid, the restriction applies if it is the one closest to you, and if they are both solid, you cannot cross from either side. The 'double solid lines' is not an agreed standard of the Vienna Concention but an optional extension. Germany uses double solid lines only on multi-lane roads to distinguish the difference between driving directions (where a single solid white line might be used to separate normal lanes from turning lanes). Also, the usage of yellow lines for edge-of-road markings is not defined in the convention. The solid lines first mean "no overtaking here" (where overtaking is defined to be overtaking a moving vehicle with more than one lane of tires, i.e. bicycles and motorbikes may be overtaken but motorbikes may not overtake cars), secondly the mean "do not cross the solid line in normal operation" and thirdly they mean "no parking". So with solid lines, car may overtake bicyles but they may not crosse the center line while overtaking (motor bikes may not legally overtake cars even if thes stay inside the lane which is generally ignored). Cars must stay behind moving horse-drawn carriages or agricultural vehicles - imagine a 60 mph road going over a blind hilltop where you do not see oncoming traffic. With solid lines, mail trucks must not stop at mail boxes (or contrarily, there must not be solid lines in areas where mail is delivered by truck - parcel deliveries are known to ignore all rules of the road on parking anyways) but if a parcel delivery stops in areas with solid lines, you are allowed to cross the solid line with exceptional care. |
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On 09/09/2015 6:31 PM, NFN Smith wrote:
Duane wrote: But likely a 44 ton truck is not going to be able to pass me in the same lane with 1m to spare so he will be forced to move to the other lane. Well theoretically anyway. That's what they seem to do in places where the 1m min is in effect. At the moment here it's up to the driver to determine what a safe passing distance is. 1 meter minimum is better than that, I think. Depends on the road. Many years ago, I got blown off the road by a passing truck. I don't remember for sure, but it may have given 2m of clearance, but certainly not more than that. In this particular situation, I was on a right-hand bend, the road had minimal paved shoulder, and a double-yellow center line. Because it was essentially a blind curve, the truck had near-zero incentive to give me anything more than the absolute minimum space. For me getting blown off the road, that was partly that I was really fatigued, and it probably wouldn't have happened, if I had been in better condition. The "idea" here is that the truck would have had to cross the double yellow to pass if it couldn't pass safely. We currently don't have a minimum passing law, only the "pass safely" provision. There are some drivers that are not going to even think about waiting to pass until it's safe. I'm not sure what you can do about them. Even taking the lane, they're just going to switch lanes in a blind turn. I've had this happen with oncoming traffic and our whole group had to go into the brush to avoid the idiot when he moved back. I don't see how any law will prevent this from happening. But at least with a minimum passing law, a policeman can ticket someone in violation. I've NEVER heard of anyone getting ticketed for passing a bike too close here. |
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AG: Fuel stops
A serving of the jam pudding called "fruit-flavored yogurt" is a good way to get a quick shot of sugar when you stop at a grocery store. Get full-fat "yogurt" if at all possible, and read the label carefully to be sure there is no non-nutritive sweetener in it. I wrap a clear-plastic disposable spoon in a paper towel and stash it in my tool kit; with that and my pocket knife, I'm pretty well set to eat anything I buy along the way. Once, when I didn't have a spoon with me, I bought a cup of yogurt and a box of crackers, and used the crackers to dip up the yogurt. Plain tortilla chips are also pretty good with sweet stuff, and corn is very glycemic. -- joy beeson at comcast dot net http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ The above message is a Usenet post. I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site. |
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AG: Stoplights
On Mon, 7 Sep 2015 13:20:25 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
{Repost snipped] Well, I admit that's the best description of how lights should be treated I've seen. Thank you. -- joy beeson at comcast dot net http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ The above message is a Usenet post. I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site. |
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On Sun, 13 Sep 2015 20:37:55 +0100, Phil W Lee
wrote: [snip] I like fruit flapjack, and if making it myself I use honey instead of golden syrup (although that doesn't give any nutritional benefit, it tastes nicer). With sugar (both the plain sort and in the form of syrup or honey), oats. and some kind of dried fruit in the mix (banana & date is my favourite), it makes almost a meal in a bar, and you don't need any utensils to eat it. You can make it by the large slab-load, cut it into whatever portion size you like, and store it in an airtight jar or tin until needed - It keeps extremely well. Just carry it in a sandwich bag, either in a pocket or whatever luggage you prefer. I used to make a "high-calorie muffin" of equal parts of sunflower seeds, raisins, and self-rising mixed edible powder, with mashed ripe banana or other sweet for the wet ingredient. Eventually I figured out how to make it into bars, which was a lot easier than dividing the dough into eighteen muffin tins. Nowadays, between reduced range and living in town, I count on buying food along the way, and carry Aldi's fruit-and-grain and "protein" bars for emergencies. -- joy beeson at comcast dot net http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ The above message is a Usenet post. I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site. |
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On Mon, 14 Sep 2015 22:48:40 +0100, Phil W Lee
wrote: A lot of the commercially available fruit & cereal bars are pretty much the same as flapjacks, but at many times the cost. They are convenient though, which I suppose is what you are paying for. If I put food into a pannier with the serious intent of eating it, home-made is the way to go. But when it's just-in-case, I prefer something that can go on an indefinite number of trips before it's eaten. On tomorrow's trip, the first stop is a grocery, the second is a hospital with a very good cafeteria, the third stop is behind the Wong place, then I pass Panda express on my way to the bread outlet, the fifth stop is a grocery store next to a line of fast-food places. I'll probably bring my bag of food bars home again. Plus a box of fruit-and-grain bars. I just checked, and we're out. Plenty of "protein" bars, which we both like better. Aldi's bars are both cheaper and better than the bars in our town's other grocery stores, and Aldi is the object of tomorrow's tour. Goodwill etc. were thrown in for exercise. Alas, I'll be in Sprawlmart before four in the afternoon, but it's about three months too late to bring a bagel sandwich home for supper. Big Apple Bakery was thriving one day and gone the next. -- joy beeson at comcast dot net http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/ The above message is a Usenet post. I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site. |
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On 9/14/2015 9:13 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:
On tomorrow's trip, the first stop is a grocery, the second is a hospital with a very good cafeteria... Hospital food is often underrated. On one long tour, we rode into a small town and asked a guy about a good place to eat supper. He recommended the hospital cafeteria as having some of the best food in town. It was very good indeed, and quite inexpensive. The folks in the cafeteria seemed to think our cycling garb looked funny, but the eating was fine. I remember a group of teens openly snickering at us. As we left, I walked over to them and asked them some innocuous question, and eventually mentioned that we'd ridden over 60 miles that day. It was funny to watch the snickering get replaced by a sort of shyness, then a bit of respect. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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