Originally Posted by bwileyr
Segregation for road rage victims isn't as fair (or as effective) as educating, encouraging and finally enforcing proper behavior by those who won't control their anger while operating heavy equipment in the public ways.
Permitting yourself to be frighten off the prime portion of the road is one thing; advocating that everyone who cycles should also have to capitulate to the bullies is another.
Bruce Rosar
Who is proud to live in the
land of the free and the home of the brave
Nice rhetoric... ever notice how our freedoms have changed since 9/11... I don't recall ever being searched at an airport prior to 9/11, just as a for instance.
As far as being frightened off a prime portion of the roadway... I can take my place on any portion of the roadway any time I deem fit, yet I still have a nice piece of roadway that allows me to ride at my pace, no matter what the condition of the automotive traffic.
I just don't see how this makes bike lanes "bad."
Bike Lanes don't keep cyclists in, they keep motorists out. Motorists are enthalled with a slogan even used in Auto Ads: "Stay between the lines, the lines are our friends." Let 'em stay there.
Bruce, you have come up with some nice ideas, but getting caught up in this rhetoric is not one of them.
I still think your proposal for narrow travel lanes is the best thing going as it eliminates the stigma that some seem to find in a solid white line.