Interesting. Would be even better to place marks at "1-ft, 2ft, 3 ft--It's the LAW" So that the drivers can see it the . Actually, in PA, where I live, it might be 4 feet. Heck, even a yoga mat mounted like that might deter drivers from trying to pass within inches (or a foot).
I ride, walk, and drive, and try to be nice to other modal types around. I don't like it if a car is behind me, even if he keeps his distance. And, especially if he is considerate, at each intersection (every 1/10th mile, as I live in a city), I'll have room to ride to the side and wave him by. However, I read something in "Just Ride" that I do do sometimes and when I read it, I thought "I could never do that; its so not nice." Grant suggests (and I'm paraphrasing from reading this 2 years ago) that if there is a danger behind you, rather than sticking to the right and hoping he'll leave you alone and not try to pass within inches, take the entire lane and ride "crazy." He will back off. Well, I sometimes do take the lane (legal where I am), but don't ride crazy. But the point is for the car behind me to back off, because now he cannot even pass. I actually signal "one moment" with my pointer finger, and let him pass when I'm at next intersection. Then I wave a wave of thanks, a la Deacon Patrick and others. I still do most of my riding on the bike paths, just so I can keep away from the cars and not need to stop every 1/10th of a mile at each intersection. Roberta On Saturday, May 18, 2019 at 10:35:18 AM UTC-4, Ash wrote: > https://qz.com/1620913/the-best-cycling-hack-is-a-pool-noodle/ > > I wasn't aware of this trick. Apparently popular in Toronto. Seems quite > effective! > > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/93585084-1b7c-4f96-9119-e9031777e892%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
