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| Old Man | Mar 12 2012, 01:19 PM Post #16 |
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You ain't seen nothin' --- Coastal Highway 101 in Washington state is part of the world wide advertised bicycle travel destination. We get hundreds of people every year from all over the world. In this area the "bike lane" on Hwy 101 is almost two feet wide.---roadway lane narrows to 12 ft wide in places. Logging trucks loaded are 10 feet wide............. I sometimes wonder what pleasure people get riding a bike up a hill in 40 degree rain with logging trucks whizzing by a foot away at 60 MPH.  
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| HelterSkelter | Mar 12 2012, 01:45 PM Post #17 |
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they do. only when they follow traffic laws. the most common traffic violation for a cyclist statistically is failure to yield the right of way. if you are aon a bike and you are travelling down the road, you are now a vehicle and must conform to ALL laws that any other vehicle does. this means you must be able to go and maintain at least 10 mph below the posted speed limit, you MUST stop at all stop signs and yield right of way to those that stop before you, you MUST signal when changing lanes, you MUST obey all signage. no one on a bike does this. so when i come to a 4 way stop and the bike rolls through i make sure to cut them off and "wave hello" if you know what i mean. |
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| LeoGeo | Mar 13 2012, 01:56 AM Post #18 |
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I had been trying to get her to bike, however there aren't any bike lanes on the most direct way there and the road has a 55mph speed limit. She also tends to work until well after dark (11pm or midnight) and there are some pretty scary hobo woods on both sides of the unlit road. The route that DOES have bike lanes and lights (most of the way) adds about a mile and a half, and it's very hilly. However, with a little luck, we're supposed to get bike lanes on the direct route by 2015 if the bond measure passes this year. Helter also brings up a good points about weather, in the winter & spring (when it's cool enough to bike) it tends to storm (or be very cold and windy during the winter when it's dry), in the summer when it's 100+ in the shade, biking mile after mile on in the sun on hot asphalt is torture. There are really only a total of about 100 days a year where it's actually pleasant to bike Edited by LeoGeo, Mar 13 2012, 01:57 AM.
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