PSA on doorings: check your mirrors!

[LL - NY]

Ditto in NY and all Interstates.

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 2:41 PM, john at westcoastgarage.net <
john at westcoastgarage.net> wrote:

> Bicycles are SPECIFICALLY banned from freeways ( i.e. limited access
> highways) in California.  There's a sign to that effect on most, if not
> all, points of entry.  The prohibition extends to pedestrians and motor
> driven cycles (such as mopeds, scooters, and the like).  There are but a
> few exceptions, such as bridges and bridge approaches where no other
> practical path is available, and then there are clearly signed and
> marked bicycle/pedestrian lanes.  John
>
> MXHOWES at aol.com wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Larry, things could be a little different out here in California, and I
> > live in Northern, way Northern, CA. with 12,000 people in the nearest
>  town.
> > In town we share the road which is fine with me but out on the open road
> > there is a 3 to 8' paved shoulder that the road bikes should stay in it
> or  at
> > least turn out of the traveled lane when a car is approaching. You  can't
> > share a lane when one vehicle is going 20 MPH and another is at 55-65. I
> > enjoy seeing the bikes on the open road and respect the people for doing
> what
> > they enjoy and don't want to take anything away from them because I don't
> > want some armchair environmentalists taking away my choice of pleasure
> > (riding dirt bikes).
> > Maybe on the East coast bicycles are not allowed on the freeways, but out
> > there it is very common.
> > It just upsets me when a sober, alert, poor slob ends getting sued
> because
> > he clipped a bicyclist, there are so many times I see bicycles on the
> > freeway  that deserve to get clipped.
> >
> > Now on the Lotus Europa...... It's funny you could not fit into one, I'm,
> > 5-10, 165# and I always joked about the fact that Colin Chapman must have
> > been 5-10, 165#, because that car fit me like a glove. I hated to see it
> go
> > but  we used the money for a down payment on our first house....... 37
> years
> > ago.
> >
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 9/26/2009 12:43:25 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> > larrycleung at gmail.com writes:
> >
> > On  point #4, 2 points
> >
> > a) these are road bikes, not shoulder bikes.   Since traffic law was
> > established when roads were new and all sorts of forms  of transportation
> were
> > available (the horseless carriage, the horse AND  carriage, foot,
> bicycle) no
> > one type of vehicle owns the road, we share it.
> >
> > b) In NY and MA (only two states I can claim intimate knowledge of  road
> > laws) it's technically illegal for a road bicyclist to be riding on the
> > shoulder/sidewalk whatever. Bicycles are restricted to riding to the far
> right
> > of the travel lanes, however. And yes, I purposely violate that law at
> > controlled intersections for my own protection (see my earlier post).
> And,  FWIW,
> > if you encountered a slow moving 4 wheeled vehicle in your lane when
>  there
> > was oncoming traffic, you'd (appropriately) wait until the opposite lane
> > cleared and then pass the obstructing traffic when it was safe to do so.
> The
> > same courtesy should be extended to bicyclists. By the same token,
> > bicyclists  should also follow traffic laws (and not weave in and out of
> traffic,
> > ignore  traffic control devices, etc.) but there are many that don't and
> they
> > unfortunately cause resentment amongst drivers of cars, which then think
> of
> >  ALL cyclists as being "in the way".
> >
> > On point #5, it's probably the  only way to either drive or ride.  And
> I've
> > always been curious what it  would be like to drive a Europa. I was
> > considering buying one, but found that  no matter how I tried to adjust
> the seat,
> > that I couldn't drive the stinking  car. I would've had to attach 4 - 6"
> > pedal blocks just to activate the clutch.  Needless to say that pretty
> well
> > ended me having an intimate relationship with  the Prince of Darkness
> (although
> > I still have a hankering for an S2 Elan.  Never drove one of those
> either.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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