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Old April 27th 19, 04:06 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Default Cyclists are putting red cups in the road to show how driversoften invade bike lanes

On 4/26/2019 7:30 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:
On Fri, 26 Apr 2019 21:12:11 -0400, Frank Krygowski
wrote:

This "Desecration!" stuff is nonsense.


"Deadly" is more accurate than "nonsense". When motorists refuse to
touch tire to the "bike lane", it means that instead of merging into
the rightmost lane ahead of or behind a bike rider, right-turning
motorists swerve across the lane through the bike rider.


Not sure where you are, but in California, the bike lane marking changes
from solid to dashed where vehicles are supposed to enter the bike lane
to make a right turn.

While some drivers respect this, the problem is that many drivers treat
the bike lane a half-mile long right turn lane. Trucks treat the bike
lane a loading/unloading zone. Motorists decide that the bike lane is
the perfect place to pull over to make a call, get something out of the
trunk, drop off or pick up passengers, or queue up to enter a parking
lot. Uber and Lyft drivers wait in the bike lane until they get their
next notification for a ride. Police pull people over in the bike lane
to issue tickets.

There is just no way to hire enough police to enforce the laws of
bicycle lanes (or any laws for that matter). What you have to do is to
find ways of traffic calming that do not require enforcement.

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