Originally Posted by
Bekologist
maybe forester will take glory in your confused operation, i'm one to take pity on you.
you should learn how to ride your bike. bike lanes are not one foot wide from the curb, you were operating too close to the curb and NOT in a bikelane.
I think you need to get a little more savvy out there, danarnold
and learn the difference between different roadway facilities and where to operate your bike in a vehicular manner.
"It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull."
H. L. Mencken
Mencken must have your type in mind. You can't even get your facts straight. I didn't say I road in the gutter, I said I
felt constrained to do so. In your silly universe, a poorly designed bike lane is not a bike lane, by Bek definition.
No wonder you're such a bike lane fan, you can't even see the ones that poorly designed. You've posted some photos of what YOU thought were good examples of proper bike lanes and you got responses that were 10 to 1 against you.
This is an example of the problem with bike lanes. They are frequently incompetently designed. This example is typical. The road is too narrow, but rather than have no stripe, or a stripe that gives an adequate bike lane, they try to shuttle the cyclist too near the gutter. The line tells the motorist he can drive up to the line and If I am on the line or in 'his' lane it increases the chance of the motorist hitting the cyclist or coming too close.