Originally Posted by Helmet Head
On my ride home last night I experimented. Riding in a bike lane, near the stripe, about 15 mph (slight upgrade) I was watching in my mirror traffic go by on my left at about 40. They were following a line a few feet from the BL stripe, not adjusting for my presence. I started zig-zigging. I would zig from about the center of the bike lane to the stripe, back and forth. Nothing wild. Really, just smooth constant "S" curves. Immediately the traffic behind me responded by moving a few feet left, closer to the left edge of their lane. It was like a dance.
Wow...what a great idea. Lets let cars, trucks, buses, (we are ALL TRAFFIC, right?
) and semi's start doing nice little sine wave motions back and forth in their lanes on the road, and maybe we can pipe in music to give 'em a rhythm to sway to. If you saw a car behind you swaying back and forth in his lane, would it make you hug the right of the bike lane as ya got a bit nervous? Would it be like a 'dance?'
Alot of street punks ride erratically in the shoulder all the time, and as I say so often, it destroys all the goodwill that drivers develop seeing experienced, courteous and long distance cyclists.
roughstuff