Originally Posted by
ExtremeSelf
Sorry guys! I don't live way out in the country. Maybe it's just my city where bicycling appears to be dangerous.
It could be that you have some truly exceptional conditions, unlike those of any of the many city commuters who post on this forum, but more likely it's a perception thing. You're a new commuter, and new commuters tend to white-knuckle it, particularly if they weren't riding recreationally on roads before. After a short while your skills improve, you don't get run over by a truck twice a day, and your perception changes.
Originally Posted by
ExtremeSelf
Maybe I'm the only one with a pair.
A pair of what, pray tell?
Originally Posted by
ExtremeSelf
Hell, I don't know! Guess you'd have to be familiar with Bay County to understand. See half a cyclist in the front seat of a car and the other half tumbling down the road somewhere.
And you saw this on your commute, did you? Or at any other time?
Originally Posted by
ExtremeSelf
I wasn't suggesting a separate bike path, just a little room to the right of the white line, that's all. I mean... why even waste the paint if there's only two inches to ride.
Because that's not what that white line is for. Look, you can complain all you want over the fact that the road infrastructure in your city is not designed with cyclists in mind, and we'll agree and sympathize. Where you'll meet some disagreement, though, is in how to solve the problem. Read the answers you've been given more closely -- there are all kinds of reasons why you can't simply lay a white line down on the pavement and say, "Presto, bike lane, problem solved."