Text 7319, 50 rader
Skriven 2007-10-20 13:16:18 av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
   Kommentar till text 7306 av Bob Ackley (1:2905/3)
Ärende: Bicycles
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17 Oct 07 08:11, Bob Ackley wrote to Roy Witt:

 BA> Replying to a message of Roy Witt to Robert Bashe:

 RW>> In the states, it's illegal for a motor driven vehicle to cross over
 RW>> solid white lines. That doesn't mean it doesn't happen, but the
 RW>> white lines next to the curb are for bicycles. The bike lanes even
 RW>> have a small icon of a bicycle painted in them.

 BA> In this area most of the two lane roads (speed limit 55 mph) between
 BA> cities do not have paved shoulders.

Most of those here in Texas do, usually two cars wide on either side.
"Drive Friendly" in Texas means that slow drivers should move over to that
shoulder lane to let faster drivers pass. I have to say that those
shoulder lanes aren't consistent, they get smaller as they approach a
bridge, etc..

Unless you're on a county maintained 'farm to market' road. Those seem
like they were once gravel roads (as R Bashe indicated they were when he
was a kid). They're grooved and bumpy like you would expect a gravel road
to be (hump in the middle). Most have a speed limit of no higher than
45mph and oft times, that speed cannot be maintained safely.

 BA>  That white line is right on the edge of the asphalt.  My problem is
 BA> with the bicyclists who insist on using those roads. There are former
 BA> rail lines that have been converted to hiking/biking paths that these
 BA> folks just refuse to use.

Hmmm, kinda like those hiking trails Jeff mentioned. Bicycles don't have
the right of way on those roads, so they take their lives into their own
hands. A good driver will slow down and move over to avoid them, but I've
seen those kind of riders get clunked by a side mirror more than once.

 BA> Plattsmouth, Nebraska, has a paved shoulder on the road that leads
 BA> north out of town, and that shoulder is specifically designated as a
 BA> 'bike lane.' A bit over a mile outside of town that 'bike lane' just
 BA> ends, along with the pavement on the road shoulder, right in the
 BA> middle of nowhere.

So the idea is that they're supposed to use the highway, until a car comes
along.

                R\%/itt


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