[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: I got rear-ended today

2015-05-05 Thread MJB_LBC
First of all glad you are OK. Here in CA where splitting is not illegal, I go to the front every time. When I can't get through, I stop at an angle so I can turn around and watch people stop. Most people stop when they see my head turn around. Maybe having the blacked out face shield makes me l

Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: I got rear-ended today

2015-05-05 Thread Kyle Munz
Plenty of guns here in TX but I'd be more worried about open doors or just fenders. I've seen more than one car quickly swerve in a traffic jam just to stop bikes from passing on the shoulder. -Kyle On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 4:33 PM, EGrider wrote: > I lived in Japan for a long time. In Tokyo, al

[Nighthawk Lovers] Re: I got rear-ended today

2015-05-05 Thread EGrider
I lived in Japan for a long time. In Tokyo, all bikes go to the front under the traffic light, either along the curb or down the middle. It's standard operating procedure, and everyone accepts and expects it. It wasn't easy to keep behind the cages for me when I first moved back here, though n