Originally Posted by Brian Ratliff
You get the rest of the road. Bike lanes are only restrictive if you ride them as if they restrict you (do you?).
I don't, but 99% of the cyclists that I see do. And like Mr. Beck likes to point out, accomodations affect cyclists even on streets without accomodations. So even on streets without bike lanes, "bike lane lubbers" (for lack of a better term) ride on the edge where the bike lane would be if there was one there, even when same direction traffic is absent.
They also have the advantage of being part of the roadway where motorists can see and yield to you.
FWIW, nothing really works "well" if you assume lots of intersections and an unskilled rider riding off to the very far right.
Okay.
Do you agree with all of the following?
- position affects conspicuity
- conspicuity is particularly bad when the cyclist is positioned on a sidepath
- conspicutity is better but still relatively compromised when he's positioned in an on-the-edge bike lane,
- and conspicuity (as affected by positioning) is best when the cyclist is positioned "centerish" between left and right tire tracks of a vehicular traffic lane.