07-23-2003, 07:56 PM
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#13 (permalink)
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On 23 Jul 2003 14:53:55 -0700, rolypoly_man@yahoo.com (Roly Poly Man)
wrote:
>As a novice biker, I am curious what you are supposed to do when there
>is a stop sign with about 5 to 10 vehicles lined up to get their turn.
Your bicycle is also a vehicle.
>Most of the time I have seen cyclists fly by all the traffic right
>up to the stop sign. Isn't this kind of dangerous? I know it's
>not proper to pass traffic on the right, and I have often seen a
>car suddenly pull out (which would be into a cyclist) using a
>lane, gravel shoulder, etc to make an impromptu right turn.
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>On the other hand, I can't see a cyclist entering the queue with
>vehicles. At least I don't think I've ever seen this done.
I try to get in the queue. If traffic is too heavy to permit this (I
find this is usually the case at a red light, rather than a stop
sign), I stay to the right, but stop just behind the last car ahead of
me at the stop. Then I make sure I stay ahead of the first car behind
me.
I only pass on the right if there is a full lane's width (that is,
room for another car) between each car and the curb, and no one is
signalling a right turn or nosing toward the curb. This pretty much
never happens to me at a stop sign, but it sometimes does at a red
light.
The reason you've never seen a cyclist merge into motor traffic is
that most cyclists seem to think they should stay as close as possible
to the curb at all times.
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"Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes--our
ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit
to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be
walking around."
-- G.K. Chesterton
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