Originally Posted by
Cycle Tourist
I understand and see your point but as someone that had a cyclists plow into me at a blind intersection it's hard to see many instances where that would be true. Drivers do not expect to encounter speedy "pedestrians" going the wrong way at intersections and rarely look for them before shooting into a gap in traffic. I can't believe the number of people that are ok with this behavior. I always follow the traffic lanes even on the busiest of intersections. If I were less competent I'd probably walk my bike though the tougher intersections. I'm over 70 so I must be doing something right.
I never said anything about an intersection or shooting into gaps in traffic. That stuff is insane.
I'm talking about reaching a busy highway, and keeping myself on the side of the highway I need to be on a 1/4 mile down the road. And staying the heck out of 50mph traffic. And not crossing the highway WITHOUT an intersection present, where no driver is suddenly expecting a bike to be parallel to the flow of traffic.