Originally Posted by
jimmuller
As for riding on the wrong side of the road, I see that once week or so on my commute. Usually it's some teen-approximate kid not yet aware of real traffic patterns or an older gentleman whose bike is utilitarian transportation.
There is still a widely-held, grossly incorrect myth out there that riding *against* traffic is safest -- probably because this is an arguably valid rule for pedestrians, and many cyclists think of themselves as such. I remember reading an article some time ago about a town trying to pass a "bicyclists must ride against traffic" law during my lifetime, and it fortunately got shot down. I can't seem to find any references to it on the Internet, though I found plenty of people who claimed to be from a state (they didn't say which) where that was the law.
I did, however, make my whole night by finding this, which is truly, truly fantastic:
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...e-bike-lane!!!