It seems than at Tue, 29 May 2007 17:57:29 -0500, R wrote: > Please bear in mind that folks who drive larger vehicles have some > difficulty in safely passing you in traffic. I have had a Suburban > and now a couple of F150's. I don't want to clip some poor cyclist > with my mirror while trying to get around him and not hit the > car/truck in the lane next to me. After holding up traffic behind me > to cleanly get around the cyclist, it really irks me to have him > pass me at the next light and have to do it all over again in the > next block or two.
> I understand folks who wish to ride as they want the exersize or > don't have a car. I have friends who do it but I don't plan to join > them and I really think that city traffic is a lousy place to > ride. I think a cyclist really needs to be mindful of how much > bigger and heavier a truck is. I can't stop on a dime and any error > on their part or my part is gonna hurt. Do do yourself a favour and > stay as far away from trucks as you can. Don't push the rules of the > road or your luck as you aren't going to win. Please be safe out > there. I'm gonna lose sleep if I ever run one of you over. > I gave up my Honda Goldwing for similar reasons. I was able to keep > up with traffic obviously, but the fools in the trucks were willing > to ride 2 feet from my back fender. I try to give motorcycles a > whole lot of room as I remember how I felt. However, the common > thing is that if I leave a little too much room, some other fool > pulls into the space between me and the bike so it doesn't always do > much good to be nice. > Randy (climbing gingerly down from his soapbox) Right on! And realize that most of the above also applies to cars relative to big trucks. By big truck I mean the class 7 or class 8 trucks often referred to as "diesels" or "semis". -- Philip, with time spent behind a big steering wheel.
