Originally Posted by
Stubby
What it shows is a good example of the standard lousy infrastructure for bikes in the USA. About 1% of the population would be willing or able to do what the biker is doing on the take the lane video. This is a sure way to keep the number of bike users at pathetically low rates. Education and trying to push bike users onto bad infrastructure that doesn't take into consideration the differences between bikes and motor vehicles doesn't work. Decades of this kind of nonsense has shown it's a recipe for failure if the goal is to get more people using bikes.
Personally, I've employed many of the methods displayed in the videos and animations, and they work wonderfully for me.