Let's look at this from another perspective. Most of the posters on RBW are also drivers. I would bet that almost every one of us breaks the law in our cars with regularity. As an example, the aforementioned 9D has a speed limit of 30mph. Although I am conscientious about my speed on local roads, portions of this road are engineered in a way that makes it a huge struggle to stay at the posted speed limit, including a section with two lanes. (Especially in a machine designed to hit speeds of 90-100mph.) I generally go about 35mph in this section, and I'm passed on the right (where a cyclist trying to get to the bridge crossing without riding on the sidewalk would be) by virtually everyone.
This is pertinent to the discussion here, as every increase in auto speed translates to greater chance of death for pedestrians and cyclists in a collision with that vehicle. I won't even bring up how many of us do the posted limit on highways. So even though all the infrastructure and traffic signals are designed for the convenience of the automobile, if it veers off of what is the reality, people will disregard the law. And not even for safety--in fact "speeding" is demonstrably less safe--but for their own convenience.. Even grandmothers and grandfathers. If you have never gone above the speed limit, my apologies. On Sunday, February 2, 2020 at 7:47:22 AM UTC-5, Fullylugged wrote: > > Cyclists and motor vehicle drivers should both follow traffic laws. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/b0b71266-416d-42ff-882a-0e6c88af370d%40googlegroups.com.
