Aaron As silly as the stick idea is to imagine, the easiest thing to do is stick your arm out to the side. A rule of thumb (or forearm as this case may be) is that the arm-spread of a person is pretty close to the height. Since I'm conveniently six-feet tall (in my youthful vigor), sticking an arm out to my side is pert near three feet from my neck. So, if you can touch the vehicle next to you, you're too close. And if you don't want a driver to ring your neck, stay of the driver's reach.
My two cents; DJ --- Aaron Crandall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network > > Research Panel today! << > > File: ATT00007.html >> << File: ATT00008.txt >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bikies mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies > > > > --------------------------------- > Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and > hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
