<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 6/6/2007 10:14:51 AM Pacific Daylight Time, JimBaross@cox.net writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">At the risk of appearing to be too quick to jump to the defense of <BR>
the bicyclist... something I/we may be accused/guilty of in this case <BR>
where we don't know what really happened.... We do know that people <BR>
on bikes and in vehicles do make mistakes.<BR>
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That said, bicyclists veer. It is the nature of a two-wheeled device <BR>
to need to be steered/veered/moved from side to side to keep upright. <BR>
People overtaking such a device should account for that veering to <BR>
some degree by using safe passing behaviors - slowing until it is <BR>
safe to move over to provide safe passing distance. It is not <BR>
generally sufficient to continue the same roadway position when <BR>
overtaking someone traveling slower.<BR>
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But, maybe the motorcyclist did try to pass safely....<BR>
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Jim:<BR>
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Good stuff. The problem is we don't know, we hope someone saw it who understood vehicular cycling and that the police will do a care and knowledgeable investigation.<BR>
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Given the likelihood of all that happening, I think our role to try our best to be the cyclist's voice. <BR>
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jon<BR>
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