Originally Posted by
cyccommute
Another issue is what happens when the lanes you are splitting suddenly start to return to a more normal flow? Now you are a small, slow vehicle in the middle of a rushing river with no escape route.
Traffic doesn't suddenly start accelerating all at once, however. There's usually enough advance warning of when the traffic flow is going to pick up pace again that you can get through a gap and off to the side. It's easiest during the transition between the cyclist going faster and the cars getting to a faster speed themselves -- both the cyclist and the cars, for a few seconds, are going at about the same speed.
Originally Posted by
cyccommute
(not picking on you
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I wouldn't say "predictable", but in terms of changing direction, they take longer to make a move than your average MUP just-bought-a-fitness-bike wobbler. I sometimes feel safer in traffic than on a MUP.