Mark:
I spent about 30 minutes watching and videoing on this gorgeous sunny
Thursday afternoon (https://goo.gl/photos/rbGgTHggrKcck2UT8).
Traffic out of the Radisson was fairly light at that time. The good news is
that most of the traffic movement is for left turns or straight ahead routes
and
I replied to Mark directly about this intersection, but since the danger of
RTOR has become the topic -- with or without a RTOR prohibition -- I'll say
that this is one reason that bicycling on the sidewalk or any path that
runs directly next to a road -- AKA a sidepath -- can be very problematic.
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Subject: Re: [Bikies] Right turning motor vehicles out of Sheraton across
Cap City Trail
Some of you may recall that this scenario was also very problematic at the
corner of Fish Hatchery road and County Highway PD, which also intersected
the Capital City State Trail. So many car drivers
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Subject: Re: [Bikies] Right turning motor vehicles out of Sheraton across Cap
City Trail
They might work better than standard signs, but they don't work well. I rode
through this morning as a driver was stopped there looking left. I told my boys
to be very c
They might work better than standard signs, but they don't work well. I
rode through this morning as a driver was stopped there looking left. I
told my boys to be very careful crossing, because I had a hunch. Right
after they passed her, she started to turn right on red (without ever
turning her he
On 2016/05/30 21:51, Mark Clear via Bikies wrote:
Hello Bikies,
I got a tweet last week complaining that motorists don't obey the "no
turn on red" on westbound Rimrock at John Nolen, putting cyclists on
the trail at risk. Anyone else with this experience? Thanks.
Mark Clear
I wonder if any
I encounter the same thing on the Southwest (westbound Regent traffic
turning onto Monroe). It makes for safer and happier riding to
assume drivers will boff the No Turn and be entertained, not angered by
it. It's good to assume the motorists are visiting (campus/Sheraton) and
not locals trying t
Really? If behind the wheel would you still really assume that motorists
in Madison actually pay attention to such signs? Personally have never had
this experience and have cycled the trail literally thousands of times.
However, to think that Madison motorists would follow such rules is simply
na
Mark,
This is a perennial issue and motorist violation. I ride the bike trail
almost daily from March through October and witness or experience near
misses with regularity. For those of us who ride the trail with
frequency, we know to be on the lookout and can avoid the consequences;
visitors
Hello Bikies,
I got a tweet last week complaining that motorists don't obey the "no
turn on red" on westbound Rimrock at John Nolen, putting cyclists on the
trail at risk. Anyone else with this experience? Thanks.
Mark Clear
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