[SDCBC] Pet peeve: cyclists have "no choice" but to be unsafe/crazy

[Gene Carman]

In the case of Miramar road, both the stripe and the space go 
away...  so your argument about space without stripes is invalid.

When the road narrows, we should be warned.

At 09:08 AM 2/26/2008, you wrote:
>But if the stripe were removed, the space would still be there for 
>you to use.  Or do you feel that the stripe itself gives you 
>something of value?   I think all the stripe does is enable faster 
>overtaking of you.  That is, whether you're there in the bike lane 
>or not, traffic moves just as fast.  But if the stripe is not there, 
>then overtaking traffic is more likely to take notice of you 
>(because you're up ahead in their lane as opposed to up ahead in 
>space adjacent to their lane and separated by a stripe), and move 
>aside and/or slow down as they pass.  The latter situation is 
>preferable, I think.
>
>Now, I understand the political argument - sometimes the only way we 
>can get extra space is by having bike lane striping.
>
>Serge
>
>
>On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 6:56 AM, John Eldon 
><<mailto:j.eldon at sbcglobal.net>j.eldon at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>Call it a bike lane or call it a shoulder, I am certainly extremely 
>thankful to have and to use it on 55mph Palomar Airport Road.
>
>
>
>
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