Originally Posted by
Drew Eckhardt
I'd ride in the street if there are any intersecting roads or drive ways.
You're _much_ more likely to be hit riding across a drive way or side-street than you are from behind on the road, especially if you're traveling the opposite direction from car traffic.
Car drivers are generally oblivious to bicycle-speed traffic on side-walks (or bike paths running alongside the main road) and bikes travelling in the opposite direction from traffic are effectively invisible.
But if riding opposite from traffic, who holds a gun to the cyclist's head and forbids him from watching for cars slowing enough that they could be turning in? Its not hard to do, but i suspects its not done enough.
Don in Austin