Comments on: 04/06/2012 – Crossing Paths

By: BikingBill

BikingBill — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 19:05:25 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fr9bY0_JB8

By: BikingBill

BikingBill — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 19:05:05 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fr9bY0_JB8

By: BikingBill

BikingBill — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 19:04:45 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fr9bY0_JB8

By: Volodomyr

Volodomyr — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 15:55:16 +0000

In some jurisdictions it’s required to bike against the flow of traffic when biking. Also required to ride on the sidewalk. In some places you’re not allowed to do these things. It’s no wonder that there’s so much variation of cycling behaviour as people are discovering biking after having not done so since a child.
To make comparisons with the car world, if there was a different set of laws that were fundamentally different like this, in one province or state to another it would be considered time to “harmonize” them. Is there anything going on like this with cycling?

By: ricksterrrider

ricksterrrider — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 14:26:24 +0000

Thanks, that’s been bothering me for days. Genius.

By: Jean_M

Jean_M — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 20:06:19 +0000

Evil bleached twin.

By: Yolanda

Yolanda — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 15:26:33 +0000

I’ve had the opportunity to ask people, often, why they are cycling against traffic. Time and again they percieve it as safer. They ride along moving off the road (often just crossing temporarily to the other side) when a car comes their way. They want to see the oncoming traffic in front of them to more easily judge it’s speed and get out of it’s way more efficiently. There was a while, in my early biking days, when I used this technique at night because I had no lights. It’s slower because you’re constantly getting out of the way, but you only do it on a few spots where you can’t get a quieter alternate street. I only used it in winter when there was no safe place out of traffic to ride and I had no lights nor money to pay for lights. I didn’t understand the other reasons it’s dangerous (cross traffic for instance) and it felt safer.
Additionally, as children on rural roads without sidewalks we’re taught to walk against traffic for these very reasons, it’s natural to extend that when you shove wheels under your butt. There simply isn’t enough education advertising (nor money to make and post the ads) to teach the general public why it’s NOT safer.

By: DG

DG — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 11:13:19 +0000

Just finished reading about “salmons” in BikeSnobNYC’s new book. Nice touch to have Idle Crossing wearing a salmon pink top!

By: bikedad11

bikedad11 — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 10:36:50 +0000

a east she has a helmet

By: Xander

Xander — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:34:07 +0000

I remember Love it!