| Re: Buses with racks go a long way
In article <45c67f72$0$28125$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>, Wayne Pein wrote
in part:
>A 2 ft wide bicycle fits just fine no matter how narrow the lane.
I have driven smaller rental trucks on lanes that had at most 6 inches
to each side of the truck!
> A bicycle driver need only ride right in the center of the lane.
And hold up traffic? Oh how popular! (SNORT!) Especially given states
having laws telling cyclists to stay at the right edge of the lane they
are in! Oh, I have heard of allowance for cyclists to hog a lane to block
vehicles that the cyclists know cannot safely pass them, but if a cyclist
needs to hog a lane more than briefly for such safety purposes then the
cyclist could easily lose on the road, and again (or the cyclist's next
of kin could lose that next battle) at a resulting jury trial!
> The roads are full of slow vehicles such as stopped busses, motor vehicles
>completely stopped at stop lights, parked delivery vehicles, front
>loaders, bicycles, etc. Motorists can deal with it.
All too many motorists will feel more free to push out of their way a
cyclist than a bus or a UPS/Fedex/mail/etc. truck! Also, motorists don't
mind waiting in line for a light to change so much as they do a slow
vehicle blocking them, much worse still one that sometimes gets in their
way but also passes by them when they are standing still in line waiting
for the light to change!
- Don Klipstein (don@misty.com)
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