Re: [Bikies] Right turning motor vehicles out of Sheraton across Cap City Trail

2016-05-31 Thread Grant Foster via Bikies
They might work better than standard signs, but they don't work well. I rode through this morning as a driver was stopped there looking left. I told my boys to be very careful crossing, because I had a hunch. Right after they passed her, she started to turn right on red (without ever turning her he

Re: [Bikies] Right turning motor vehicles out of Sheraton across Cap City Trail

2016-05-31 Thread Paul T. O'Leary via Bikies
On 2016/05/30 21:51, Mark Clear via Bikies wrote: Hello Bikies, I got a tweet last week complaining that motorists don't obey the "no turn on red" on westbound Rimrock at John Nolen, putting cyclists on the trail at risk. Anyone else with this experience? Thanks. Mark Clear I wonder if any

Re: [Bikies] Right turning motor vehicles out of Sheraton across Cap City Trail

2016-05-31 Thread gordon sussman via Bikies
I encounter the same thing on the Southwest (westbound Regent traffic turning onto Monroe). It makes for safer and happier riding to assume drivers will boff the No Turn and be entertained, not angered by it. It's good to assume the motorists are visiting (campus/Sheraton) and not locals trying t

Re: [Bikies] Right turning motor vehicles out of Sheraton across Cap City Trail

2016-05-31 Thread Scott Rajski via Bikies
Really? If behind the wheel would you still really assume that motorists in Madison actually pay attention to such signs? Personally have never had this experience and have cycled the trail literally thousands of times. However, to think that Madison motorists would follow such rules is simply na