Originally Posted by Serge *******
If you want to live your life making decisions based on such highly unlikely events, be my guest.
Getting run over on these two streets would NOT be a "highly unlikely" event, IMO. (I even had a car TRY to force me off the road on one of the feeder streets 1.5 blocks off of it) If you want to get squashed, be my guest.
The ironic thing is that statistics show that getting hit by a car is MUCH more likely when you're riding on the wrong side of the street against the flow of traffic.
Where did you locate statistics for THIS specific situation on THESE two particular streets? "Statistics" don't mean much unless they apply very specifically to the situation and conditions in question. (if that...) It boggles the mind how I'd be more likely to get hit by a car riding where there are NO cars, rather than where there are a LOT of cars. Since there is no traffic on the shoulder, I'm not "riding against" any.