Originally Posted by genec
So it is not too much of a stretch to expect motorists to learn that cyclists have rights too. The big problem of course is that these rights have not been well presented to the motorists. That and the fact that most of these laws went into effect in the 70's, and without a lot of fan fare. So as far as the motorists are concerned, they assume that cyclists must ride in the manner that they the motorists were taught when they were young. "Stay outta the way of the cars... better ride on the sidewalks... " (the seeds of The Notion)
So the best plan is a massive "retrain the nation" campaign. It could work... ]
Totally agreed, the point I was making. I also full agree that for it to work more cyclists need to ride on the road as well (which should be part of the campaign), but I don't think that cyclist alone doing this will help, unless actually 9/10 do it, but right now at best 1/10 do, so if double the number of cyclist took to the streets it would be a blip of difference to motorist eyes.
Today on the 8mi ride home I counted 31 cyclists on the sidewalk (18 of them on sidewalk adjacent to a BL) and one on the road in a BL, two counting me.
Al