That does not sound like it would be safe & I'd have a feeling there would be a
lot of broken yard sticks laying on the road.
In all seriousness, grab a yard stick, if you have 1, & just hold it between
you & a wall or another object. It's amazing how visual it is. I think this
would be a great tool to inform folks, visually, the space they should be
allowing when passing a bicyclist.
It also sounds like there may be a budget do pull something like this off,
according to Eric, but we'll have to discuss the logistics further. It's always
good to give folks things that they could use but also an object that proves a
point.
Aaron
Darryl Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Tha't's a good idea.
Have a plastic spring mounted nerf-type stick with a
sponsoring logo on it.
On-the-otherhand, seeing a bunch of cyclists with
three-foot whiskers during a critical mass ride would
be a sight to see.
Cats have nine lives, cyclists only have one life.
DJ
--- Heidi wrote:
> What if we taped yardsticks onto bikes to show
> motorists to keep a distance
> while biking on a road. You could tape a sign to it
> saying the minimum
> distance you need to give a biker is this far!
>
> Just an idea............Heidi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Crandall [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 9:02 AM
> To: bikies
> Subject: [Bikies] Advocacy Campaign Idea
>
> Both a coworker & I both were surprised, for some
> reason, to learn that a
> yard was 3 feet. I knew that but it still surprised
> me... Well, our
> coworker who mentioned it brought in yard sticks for
> me & her to help us
> visualize, etc.
>
> So, what I'm thinking for a advocacy campaign
> would be to have yard
> sticks made w/the BFW info & a website for folks to
> reference. We could
> hand them out, similar to what they do @ home shows.
> This would be a great
> way for folks to physically see the distance they're
> supposed to provide &
> a yard stick can still be useful.
>
> Just an idea & I think they'd be somewhat cheap to
> make since they're
> often handed out for free @ places (i.e. home shows,
> carpet stores,
> hardware stores, etc.). We could check...
>
> Aaron
>
>
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