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
(And no, I am not in support of bicyclists arrogantly taking up too
much
space in the roadway - they do not have the right to do so).
If there is not room to safely share the lane, the cyclist may and
should
ride far enough to the left to force passing traffic to wait until it
is
safe to
, May 29, 2007 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Road Bicycling and Walking Vs. Drivers
(And no, I am not in support of bicyclists arrogantly taking up too
much
space in the roadway - they do not have the right to do so).
If there is not room to safely share the lane, the cyclist may and
should
ride
I've often thought of carrying my Nagant on my motorcycle as well but
figured some hotshot rookie cop would want to give me a bunch of shit
over
it.
I figured a short polite conversation with them about it
would probably swing them completely to your side, once
they'd had a minute or
Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Last time I checked here, a bicycle _is_ a car so far as the law is
concerned. You treat them like such, and you ride them like such.
And it stinks, last time I was forced to (single, and having my
truck worked on at at shop that wasn't particularly
You do have a very good point there...
Mike
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From: Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Road Bicycling and Walking Vs. Drivers
I've often thought
Allan Streib wrote:
How many times have I had to stand on the brakes to avoid clobbering
some ipod-wearing, text-message-absorbed student who simply crosses
the street without so much as a glance to the side.
Not that this forgives them any (or keep them from cleaning up the gene
pool) but on
You know, I was very surprised when I heard that passing a line of stopped
cars on the right is illegal! I am totally opposed to this law, if it
is really a law, because it effectively takes away the one advantage that
bike riding provides - the ability to avoid traffic snarls! I just look at
the
Zoltan Finks [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
You know, I was very surprised when I heard that passing a line of
stopped cars on the right is illegal! I am totally opposed to this
law, if it is really a law, because it effectively takes away the
one advantage that bike riding provides - the ability
I would be quite pleased if the cyclist by me would obey traffic
signals. We have a very nice trail system that crosses many an
intersection through neighborhoods and commercial areas. Each
intersection is posted with a stop sign for the cyclist/trail user
but this does not ensure that
Interesting you mention this. Just yesterday, I must admit, I did not notice
one of these little signs posted at the right edge of the bike trail. And I
was upset that two cars did not yield to me. I honestly did not think they
had the right of way to cross into the straight-line path of bicycle
Not sure if you're trolling a little bit here, but, are surely you not
saying you'd prefer the satisfaction of disregarding a non-enforcable
stop sign to being alive?
Anyway, public bike paths are government-owned and thus any signage is
very likely enforcable.
Zoltan Finks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Allan Streib wrote:
Not sure if you're trolling a little bit here, but, are surely you not
saying you'd prefer the satisfaction of disregarding a non-enforcable
stop sign to being alive?
No kidding! I don't really care if they are enforceable or not... if
there isn't a stop sign for the
Actually don't know what trolling means :) but what I was saying is that
were a legal dispute to arise, would a court be able to enforce the
miniature stop sign (or the stop sign on the private property of the
shopping center). Just wondering.
Wasn't saying, guys, that I would like to be at once
See, this is really amazing to me: It is literally expected that a bicyclist
will stop way back from a red light - sometimes a half a mile or more - and
wait beside the car that they are next to? And this gets confusing when you
consider which car to choose to wait beside. I mean it's a law,
All the signs the local cyclist disregard are standard size DOT
signage and placed in public right of way. If you are on private
property like a mall, then you fall under the purview of what ever
nazi regulations they choose to enforce.
clay
On May 29, 2007, at 12:26 PM, Zoltan Finks
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