I am so excited about this location, because this is my way into downtown, and the "right hook" is one of my great fears at this location. A very high percentage of the eastbound traffic on Dayton is turning right onto Park St. When we are both stopped, I often inch up to remind drivers not to turn in front of another vehicle - which is what a right turn in front of a bicyclist is, and it's illegal. If I get to the intersection first, I position myself in the middle of the right lane - as if there was already a bike box - to keep from getting hooked when the light turns green.
Of course, the bike boxes won't help prevent other bicyclists from running the red light. For anyone that isn't familiar with this intersection, the left turn lane sometimes gets an exclusive green before the straight-through traffic, and bicyclists running a red when Park St traffic stops can get nailed, assuming the left-turners will yield. Robbie Webber On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 7:13 PM, Aaron Crandall <[email protected]> wrote: > Saw these getting painted on Dayton, at the intersection of Dayton & Park, > the other day. Curious why we now switched to green, instead of red, > especially in the campus area where red would have been appropriate, the > color at least. They look good & personally, I'd also like to see a box go > in on Park heading north at that same intersection because I often see cars > turning right in front of cyclists who are positioned in the bike lane. > > The new boxes looked good though & I'm excited to try them out the next > time I'm biking through that intersection on Dayton. > > Aaron > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > >
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