I have been lucky in my 45 years of biking having never had a serious run in with a car. But I would never try to "force" a car to slow down or move partly into the other lane by moving out farther into the road. Cars are bigger and heavier than I am and there's no guarantee they'd move over or slow down.
Robin Alexander
From: Eric Westhagen
Sent: Sun 9/17/2006 1:06 PM
To: BikiesSubmissions
Subject: [Bikies] For those on country county roads
Dear Group, Not long ago I happened on some late night talk show from Texas where this rant was against a women who suggested that road riders should ride just far enough out from the road edge to force cars to cross the center line, therefore avoiding the often high speed clipping of bicycles. I have been nearly hit numerous times by cars. When there is an oncoming car in the other lane the car behind the bicycle zooms on past in whatever the space, regardless. The only way to avoid this for a cyclist is to move out a few feet from the edge line, forcing the upcoming car to slow or wait. And is three-feet enough for the legal car/bicycle margin when country road cars often speed at eighty miles per hour? We all know that we can "shimmy" upon being startled by a horn or other load noise when wind is blowing in our ears. At three feet, that could easily be fatal. And forty years after "buzzing bicycles" was sport for teen agers learning to drive, just that has happened to me lately. Let's face it, there is a "conspiracy" against bicycles. Why don't "national bicycle groups" sponsor advertisements about awareness for "auto drivers?" Eric Westhagen _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
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