[SDCBC] Repeat offender: Parking in the bike lane.

[Serge Issakov]

This ebay ad exemplifies one of the biggest problems with bike lanes.
Note the language used here:  "have you ever had to move out of the
bike lane into traffic" .

The implication is that while you're in the bike lane you're not in
traffic.  A cyclist with that state of mind while riding in a bike
lane is the cyclist who is more prone to be being unprepared for,
well, being in traffic while riding in a bike lane.

Most traffic hazards to a cyclist come from cross traffic (right and
left hooks and crosses), not from same-direction traffic.

Tempting as it may be, do not let yourself fall into the trap of
thinking you're not in traffic just because you're riding in a bike
lane!

Serge (I am traffic)



On 12/6/06, Jack Bochsler <jbochsler at yahoo.com> wrote:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/1-less-car-sticker-bikes-single-speed-fixed-gear-D-I-Y_W0QQitemZ7244306595QQihZ015QQcategoryZ2904QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem
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> --- Robert Leone <rob_leone at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > Dear SDCBC people:
> >       Hi! Any non-Vigilante suggestions about what to do about the young
> > lady
> > who parks in the bike lane on Nobel next to the Pacific Regent would
> > be
> > appreciated. She parks there with three small children, so raising
> > voices and active measures (see "non-Vigilante" above) are
> > counter-indicated.
> >
> > Robert Leone
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