Originally Posted by
Leisesturm
... in many metro area's you will be dead meat trying to actually operate a trike or quad on the roadway.
And some people are afraid of heights.
???!
What I'm saying is,...everyone's different.
Some folks can handle a trike or quad in any urban environment with out becoming road kill.
A year ago last October I was featured in an ad campaign by PG&E in San Francisco.
I was pictured riding my Challenge Hurricane 2 wheeled recumbent in city traffic down in the Financial District. I was between the trolley car rails and had a car behind me.
The rest of the poster was bright green with big white words reading ... GREEN IS THIS GUY!
Weeell, some of the SF locals got on a blog and berated SF & PG&E for trying to greenwash the city!
Went so far as to say I was about to get run over by the car.
What numbskulls! I just PASSED that car!!
I have no trouble operating in urban environments. Diamond frame, 2 wheeled bents, 3 wheeled bents.
I just take my legal "car space" and drive like a motorist, stopping at stop signs, signalling and being
AWARE!
I also use blinkies & a safety flag on the lower slung vehicles.