"I'm not blocking traffic--I AM traffic!"

I like Red's attitude. In the end it doesn't matter who has the legal right of way. The greater mass and velocity always win.
 
TRUE--------"Only the strong survive!" It doesn't matter if you have a "coliseum of lights", your still are on a bicycle. Think about it.........
 
TRUE--------"Only the strong survive!" It doesn't matter if you have a "coliseum of lights", your still are on a bicycle. Think about it.........

Actually, only the smart and/or lucky MBers will survive in traffic.:sick:

This past year has been a deadly one for bicyclists. One 80-something year old guy was killed while riding on the sidewalk! The motorist was exiting a driveway, making a right turn as he watched approaching traffic on his left.

One cyclist was killed while riding between a tour bus and the curb in the same lane. She proceeded to go straight thru the intersection, while the bus driver decided to turn right.....and ran over her.

On one of the most dangerous inclines on my route, I press the pedestrian "stop" button at the intersection. I need to turn left here. When
the light turns green, I have a 30-second headstart before the stopped traffic comes after me. I'm @ 35mph before the road goes downhill towards the next light. If everyone obeys the speed limit, I can make it to the next light. If cars in both lanes are approaching fast, I hop into the bike lane and slow down to 20mph.There's a merge @ the bottom of the hill, then another very steep hill. If there's gridlocked traffic, I ride the dirt path alongside the road. The cagers are agitated because I'm passing them by, so I ride thru the hilltop intersection and pull over. When the red light stops traffic, I have another 30 seconds' head start to reach the next two lights. Once there, I drop into the bike lane and slow down to 20mph. Traffic builds up again @ the bottom of the hill and the bike lane disappears. So I hop onto the sidewalk and ride @ jogging speed for the next 2 blocks, until I reach home.

One of the nice things about commuting to work is that you learn which way's the safest route, when to claim the lane, and when to surrender that claim.
 
Traffic

Bigger vehicles and incoming fire have the right-of-way...
Bigger vehicles? Mabe. But incoming fire has NEVER stopped THE UNITED STATES ARMY....EVER.... GO ARMY.
Big Red.
OK, I was Air Force. Incoming fire has the right of way with me.
 
It has been mentioned before but it is worth repeating that Google Maps has a bicycle route and walking route function. It is useful to compare both maps when planning a route to a first time destination to avoid the cagers.
 
Incoming fire has the right of way- simply yield laterally as you advance. It was never my job to die for my country- it was my job to bestow that honor on the enemy...
 
we have some windy twisty roads with blind corners. all the lycra clad over-paid legal types on there $15000 dollar racers love them on the weekends, though i tend to overtake them just coasting down because i know the road...

the problem is that the fools tend to ride side by side.

nothing annoys me worse than having let two cars pass me, and getting the thankyou wave, because i show some respect for people behind me, only to have to slam on my brakes 100 metres up the road because theres a horde of leotards taking up the whole lane that WONT let the cars past...

one of them is that spineless tony abbot bloke...


i know that leagally theyre allowed to, but seriously! you do 10km/h up hill! the cars do 50! get out of the ****ed way!
 
Back
Top