Originally Posted by
Froderick
You're talking about Plainfield Rd., right? Even though it's marked as a "bike lane," I figure it has to be multi-use. There are no sidewalks there, and there is definitely no room for a bike lane and a pedestrian lane. I've also seen bikers heading south in the southbound traffic lane. Are they wrong, too? I run on this road. In the "bike path." I will move over for a jogger or rider if I encounter one. If I came upon a jogger while riding, I'd move into the traffic lane to pass. I would use the traffic lane if I was going south, since the bike lane is on the northbound side.
It's funny, though. I have this picture in my head of the white outline of a jogger marking the jogging path. It'd look like a crime scene every few hundred yards...
Yep, Plainfield rd, I usually ride it uphill and that way there is no problem. However I will occasionally ride it downhill, even though I am "On the wrong side" I would prefer to see what is coming at me than be on the "correct" side of the road where there is no room for error. I don't feel like ending up on the golf course.
Cooper rd also has a marked Bike lane on only one side. That one really bothers me, being on the wrong side, but then again do I do it correctly and risk being run of the road.
I have considered going over to "Fleet Feet" on a Saturday and talking to their joggers, maybe that way with a dialog going we would not have to curse each other on the road .