Originally Posted by
John Forester
The complaint that my opposition to bike lanes (and some bike paths) is dishonest because I sometimes ride in bike lanes is another illogicality. If the bike lane is in the place where proper cycling behavior would put me, then that is where I ride.
Presumably in accordance with the rules of the road.
Originally Posted by
John Forester
The fact that any practical bike lane system has to contradict the rules of the road provides all the justification that is necessary, because there has been no showing that violating the rules of the road provides a safer or more convenient environment for cyclists.
So how do you reach the conclusion that bikelanes are inherently in contradiciton with the rules of the road, when you yourself have experienced bikelanes that are clearly placed so that you
can ride in accordance with the rules in them?
That's illiogical