Originally Posted by
cplager
Originally Posted by
Digital_Cowboy
That sadly seems to be a concept that too many people have a hard time grasping.
In high traffic areas, don't ride two (or more) abreast. And ride as far to the right as you safely can. But sometimes, this means that you need to take the whole lane and make people behind you wait until you can move safely to the right.
I try and be easy to predict and ride in such a way that I don't slow down cars more than necessary. And where I am, most cars have no problems with this.
Cheers,
Charles
Charles,
I hope that I am not reading you correctly, because, if I am it sounds as if you are saying that we cyclists do
NOT have the same rights to the road. And that is not true. As the operator of a vehicle, we do in fact have the same rights to be on the road. As, has been said we
ARE a part of traffic.
Also, as has been stated before riding two abreast, particularly on roads with substandard width lanes does not negatively effect motorists. If anything, doing do makes it easier for them to pass us.
As we are actually taking up less not more space on the road. Or think about it like this. You're driving down the road in your car. You come upon 50 cyclists, if they're riding single file it's going to take longer to pass them vs. if they were riding two abreast.