Yes - the constant fight between cars and bicycles. When riding a bicycle on a street without bicycle lanes law says your a motorist. Ridding a bicycle in a bike lane means your a motorist using a restricted lane, no different than a HOV lane. Your on a bike you entittled to that lane. As a cyclist what bothers me is the riders who can not decide - I'm a pedestrian (ridding in the sidewalk) no wait, I'm a motorist, ridding in the street.
Unfortinitly, in most metropolitian areas we do make it very difficult to be a cyclist. Bicycling should be encouraged as it is good for us as people, but also good for our earth and our communities. When I had my bicycle shop I had a client who came from New York City. She commutes on her bike, every day of the year, 22 round trip miles. Snow, Rain, Sleet, anything she is on her bike. Never been hit, had a couple of flat tires, ran over a dead Deer in the dark and bent her frame, but she has ridden as many miles in the past 20 years as most of us have driven. She is in incredable shape, and has alot more extra $$ than I do. Peter On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Luther's Benz <benz-n-h...@gulseth.net>wrote: > There are painted "bike lanes" between the driving and parking lanes and is > how bikes "fly by the cars sitting in traffic" in a very legal manner. > > Luther > > > > -- Sent from my Palm Pre > On Feb 4, 2011 1:34 AM, Fmiser <fmi...@gmail.com<lt%3bfmi...@gmail.com>> > wrote: > > > Luther's Benz wrote: > > > > First, the list doesn't pass HTML mail, so you can turn that off. > > > > > One can assume that neither > > > Curt nor Kaleb has driven through the streets of Chicago with > > > bikes (up to 10/block) flying by you as you sit in traffic. > > > > > There are some trips I can make on my bike quicker than > > > a car.... > > > > > Bzzzzzt, wrong. There are no ditches and the law is > > > "share the road with bikes." I have the same rights as > > > cars and obey the same laws. > > > > That doesn't add up. > > > > If you ride your bike on the street and follow the same laws as > > the cars, you would not travel any faster. > > > > If you "fly by the cars sitting it traffic", then you are NOT > > obeying the same laws as the cars and therefor, in my mind, give > > up any "right" to share the road. > > > > -- Philip > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
