02-04-2007, 03:11 PM
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#153 (permalink)
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josh@phred.org wrote:
> In article <52n0hjF1p159oU1@mid.individual.net>, rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com
> says...
>> The Real Bev <bashley101+xp@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Wayne Pein wrote:
>>>> Don Klipstein wrote:
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>>>>> What I see as the best use of bike racks on buses is for getting
>>>>> bike users through bike-unfriendly bridges, also a few tunnels that
>>>>> I think are no better for bikes than plenty of bridges!
>>>> There is no such thing as a bike unfriendly bridge or road. It's
>>>> people who are friendly or unfriendly, and they choose be either way.
>>> I don't think that's true. To accommodate more and more traffic, a
>>> number of roads have been widened just enough to provide two lanes of
>>> traffic each way with NO additional space between the cars and the
>>> curb. No matter how friendly a driver might be, there isn't enough
>>> space to pass a bicyclist without moving into the next lane, which is
>>> probably already occupied by a car. This is dangerous for everybody,
>>> and most bicyclists stay off such roads.
>> And they are banned on any sensibly organised freeway etc.
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> Which makes the half of the U.S. that allows bicycles on Interstates
> less than sensible, even though the accident rate is neglible?
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I don't know about you but having cars whiffing by me at 65 MPH is not
my idea of a fun ride. It's more of a death wish than I have. In
California you will get a ticket. States may vary but I think common
sense should be applied.
Bill Baka
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