On Apr 27, 9:21 am, Zebee Johnstone wrote:
In aus.bicycle on 26 Apr 2007 15:13:33 -0700

Bleve wrote:

Sure does, but also her fault. She went faster than she could safely
handle under the conditions. All she needed to do was use her brakes
on the descent to keep her speed down (assuming no brake failure
occurred)

The key seems to have been the sun in eyes. That should have been a
pointer to slow down.

But the idea that the road ahead is the same as the road right here is
a common cause of crashes. The idea of a bike path suddenly veering
because of an obstacle, or maybe worse not veering, is admittedly not
sensible and so perhaps not predictable to an inexperienced cyclist used
to car-based road design, but then as the "Cycling Facility of the Month"
pages show, it's distressingly common.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pete.me...he-month/index...

Zebee


I only use bike paths when I'm in a mood to go slowly, smell the
roses, and take my time. Otherwise I ride on the road. If I'm in a
hurry I take a train, or very occasionally drive a car.

Many times I ride on bike paths I'm stunned by the speed at which
people ride on them. To me, they are going way too fast, leaving
absolutely no margin for error at all. Reminiscent of the way a lot of
car drivers drive their cars.

It seems to me that most bike paths are unsafe at greater than 20km/
hr.