Originally Posted by
Helmet Head
Here is another apparent example. As usual we'll never know all the facts, but it looks like the usual ingredients for inadvertent drift into cyclists riding too far to the right.
- Rural road
- Light traffic
- Cyclists riding far to the right in shoulder of wide lane (not confirmed, but reasonable assumption give that deputies "... say that even roads with wide shoulders can be dangerous.)
http://kob.com/article/stories/S196119.shtml?cat=516
Yep...that's why I ride on the left side of the yellow line, directly into oncoming traffic. I find it increases my "relevance" to oncoming drivers, as well as my "cognitive conspicuity".
I've yet to suffer from "inadvertent drift", so my theory must be correct, eh?
