| Re: Buses with racks go a long way
Wayne Pein wrote:
> The Real Bev wrote:
>> Wayne Pein wrote:
>>> The Real Bev wrote:
>>>
>>>> Have you ever actually driven a motorcycle? You've never seen
>>>> somebody deliberately open a door in front of you? Yeah, I know
>>>> that's what happened -- the little ****head was looking right at me
>>>> and laughing when he did it.
>>>
>>> When I ride my motorcycle or my bicycle, I do not operate in the Door
>>> Zone, therefore suddenly opening doors are irrelevant to me. Where you
>>> operate within the lane is a basic element of cycling safety.
>>
>> We've had this discussion before. I will take the lane when there is no
>> room for a car to pass me safely within the lane, but move back to the
>> right as soon as practicable.
>
> A better term is Use the Full Lane. Take the lane implies stealing.
Whatever. I thought *I* was the only on allowed to pick nits around here...
>> Anything else is just rudeness. The door
>> zone is part of the bicycle lane, sometimes you can't avoid it.
>
> Sure you can. Ride in the real lane and reject the rudeness that is Door
> Zone bike lanes.
Sorry, I really don't want to risk altercations with cellphone-blabbing
COWS oblivious to anything happening outside their SUVs. Yeah, it's a
stereotype, but whenever I notice a particularly clueless bit of
"driving" more often than not it seems to have been done by a
cell-talking woman.
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Cheers, Bev
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