Given all those conditions, taking the lane was the correct and safest strategy. If the truck driver had any problem, hopefully he'll get over it. In many states, school zone speed limits are enforced seriously, so he really shouldn't have been going much faster than a bicycle. FWIW, I try to avoid schools at let-out time since there's too much going on, kids darting out, cars pulling out, doors flying open, weird u-turns, etc.
dougP On Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at 3:27:55 PM UTC-7, Deacon Patrick wrote: > > On this afternoon’s grocery run (5 miles up the pass empty, 5 down loaded) > I got yelled at for the first time. Looking for ideas on where to ride > through an area that: > > — 2 lane, no shoulder > — school zone with stop signs every block for a while > — school is letting out, high school, with elementary kids still on the > sidewalks with crossing guards. > — stead climb for me, so I’m not fast > — high school kid’s cars parked on the right, so car doors can open at any > time. > > I took the lane and it went fine until a guy in a truck squeezed by with > barely any room. His windows were down so I politely held up three fingers > and said “three feet of clearance please!” He pulled over into an empty > parking place, I went wide around him. Then he pulled out several cars > later and was stuck behind be until I turned left further up the road. Poor > guy was still yelling as he continued on his way. > > My plan is to handle this the same way in the future, unless the wisdom of > this groups helps me see a better way. All ideas welcome! Thanks. > > With abandon, > Patrick > > *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org <http://www.MindYourHeadCoop.org>* > *www.OurHolyConception.org <http://www.OurHolyConception.org>* > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
