[SDCBC] FW: Plastic Cones in Bike Lane

[Serge Issakov]

On 8/27/07, JonIsaacs at aol.com <JonIsaacs at aol.com> wrote:
>
> In a message dated 8/27/2007 4:35:44 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> serge at issakov.org writes:
>
> For crying out loud folks, an obstructed bike lane is a good thing.  It
> obviates you from being legally obligated to ride in the bike lane, and
> gives you access to the entire rest of the road.   See 21208 (a) (3) below.
>
> ----
>
> My thinking is this:  If the safest place to be is not the BIKE LANE, I
> will not be riding in the BIKE LANE, I don't need an excuse.   However, I am
> comfortable most of the time riding in the BIKE LANE, I just don't see the
> sense in having the cones in the BIKE LANE.
>
> Jon


Is a bike lane ever the safest place to be?  The only reason I know of to
ever be in a bike lane is to make it more convenient for faster traffic to
pass.

Serge
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