[SDCBC] What were they thinking?

[John Eldon]

My point has consistently been that Mike's "combat zone" intersections need to be demilitarized, i.e., traffic-calmed and made bicyclist- and pedestrian-friendly. If you guys think these are bad for cyclists, try one in ped. mode sometime.

Case in point: I confirmed Monday night that within the next year or so, as adjacent property is developed, the free right turns at the Highway 101 / La Costa Av. intersection in northwestern Encinitas will be eliminated. We need to keep complaining about dangerous intersections, such as those near SDSU and Mission Bay -- the squeaky wheel does occasionally get lubed!

Mike Elliott <camping.elliott at gmail.com> wrote: Hi Tom, please don't take my smarta$$ comment seriously. Alongside the 
truly brave and the silly who ride through those areas that scare /me/ 
silly are those who know what they are doing. It sounds like you do.

While riding with and in traffic is always risky business, there are 
degrees of riskiness, and intersections like this one are riskier than 
many other places where cages and bicycles mix. To my mind, such places 
are essentially combat zones where only the alert, hardened, and trained 
rider can survive; and if it is a war there then either the bike lane 
should be removed so civilians don't wander into that meat grinder by 
accident, or new signage should be added describing the area as a 
conflict-level intersection.

-- 
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott

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