Dear Darin, Since you refute the premise (put forth by Martin Lund--not included in your comment.) you have then solved the ---"what seems to have been" the sideswipe in Vernon County--the subject of so much of this "speculating?
Eric Darin Burleigh wrote: > At 10:06 PM -0500 7/17/07, Eric Westhagen wrote: > >Dear Martin Lund, > > > >That does sum it up. Just like I cannot do much more about an > >occassional sideswipe or near mis on my country roads, accidental or > >deliberate than I can do to avoid the very real problem of chasing farm > >dogs, the diminutive bicyclist or runner will just have to cope as they > >might. > > > > In fact there are things that we can do to prevent these types of crashes. > Cars cannot sideswipe you if they are observing the Wisconsin rules of the > road, which require 3 feet of clearance when passing. > > When you're on the road, you can > * choose roads that provide 3 feet of clearance > * be visible so that motorists have enough reaction time to safely pass > > When you're not on the road, you can advocate for better bicycling: > 1. Educating motorists about the 3 feet rule > 2. Enforcement the 3 feet rule > 3. Prosecutation of abuses of the 3 feet rule > ( I don't think this ever happens) > 4. Require that all roads and highways have wide shoulders so > that motorists can safely observe the 3 feet rule. > > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > Darin Burleigh > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
