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Running over bicycles
I'm sure you've all seen the trend to mark a lane as shared between bicycles and motor vehicles. Some such lanes even post a sign "Bicycles may use entire lane".
I recently encountered such a situation in which the city (Thousand Oaks, CA) painted a depiction of a bicycle on the pavement (near the right edge of the lane) every couple of hundred feet; in doing this, they used extra thick paint so that drivers would hear a thump each time they drove over a painted bicycle. I hope they didn't do this as a way to get drivers used to running over bicycles! Zoom, zoom, zoom, ka-thump, zoom, zoom, zoom, ka-thump. |
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Running over bicycles
On 06/02/2015 11:34 AM, Larry Scholnick wrote:
> I'm sure you've all seen the trend to mark a lane as shared between > bicycles and motor vehicles. Some such lanes even post a sign > "Bicycles may use entire lane". > > I recently encountered such a situation in which the city (Thousand > Oaks, CA) painted a depiction of a bicycle on the pavement (near the > right edge of the lane) every couple of hundred feet; in doing this, > they used extra thick paint so that drivers would hear a thump each > time they drove over a painted bicycle. > > I hope they didn't do this as a way to get drivers used to running > over bicycles! > > Zoom, zoom, zoom, ka-thump, zoom, zoom, zoom, ka-thump. Wait until it rains -- the extra-thick paint becomes a slipNslide. Pasadena used that to mark the white line between the traffic lane and the bicycle lane. The world would be a much better place if assholes and idiots weren't in control. We've been driving down to TJ for dental work for the last several weeks. Every time I see a yellow vette I wonder about Scott. -- Cheers, Bev "It's important to never be arrogant. Especially if you're one of the little people whose opinion doesn't matter." --Rat |
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