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That won't be a problem as there are no bikes on the highway. 3 feet is the minimum passing distance. It doesn't particularly matter if there's some white pain
by revelation 12y ago
That won't be a problem as there are no bikes on the highway.
3 feet is the minimum passing distance. It doesn't particularly matter if there's some white paint on the ground, that doesn't magically make it safer. Of course few sane people cycle in the bike lane, because its really more of a 'car driver exit' zone.
- dllthomas 12y ago"Of course few sane people cycle in the bike lane, because its really more of a 'car driver exit' zone." That depends tremendously on where. Historically, bike lanes were quite often entirely in the "door zone" - or even outright obscured by parked cars. It's still by no means universal, but cities are increasingly painting better bike lanes.
- ojbyrne 12y agoI wish I could downvote this more. To quote from the Effective Cycling book below: "cyclists should consider themselves drivers of vehicles in traffic. That means obeying the rules of the road, because when all drivers obey the same rules, they don't have collisions. Forester explains why cyclists should not be afraid to cycle in traffic, and he urges them to resist being shunted off into government-sponsored bike paths as if they were incompetent children."
- dragonwriter 12y agoThe rules of the road generally specifically require bicycles to do things differently than cars, because the rules applicable to bicycles are different, because bicycles have different physical dimensions and operational characteristics than cars.
- dllthomas 12y agoYour first sentence would lead me to think you are disagreeing with the parent comment, but I'm not seeing where the disagreement lies. Both of you seem to advocate foregoing bike lanes.
- jackmaney 12y ago> That won't be a problem as there are no bikes on the highway. You've never been outside of a city, have you?