Saw the link to this site: https://www.sharethedamnroad.com/?utm...paign=CyclistK while I was looking at a friend's photo album on FB. Wonder if they would make a difference if everyone started wearing them, given all the (very) close calls and generally poor (to put it VERY nicely) attitude of drivers.

I don't think they'd make any difference at all. A lot of drivers think that "Share the Road" signs are directed at cyclists.

True, which of course makes no sense at all...

"Get out of the lane and let cars pass..."

Maybe instead of having a bicycle on those signs we need to have a car? Then maybe, just maybe drivers will get the message that the "share the road" message is directed at them and not cyclists.

Also sadly there are too many motorists who do not understand bike lanes. Thinking as some in NYC that we aren't permitted to "ever" leave the bike lane, or who do not understand that when the outside line i.e. the line between the bike lane and the travel lane, of the bike lane brakes up into a dashed line that that indicates that the bike lane temporarily ceases to exist and that we should transition into the travel lane for our safety. Because the bike lane is approaching an intersection, or as I have on one of the roads that I ride on the road/bike lane is approaching a "traffic calming" devices that narrow the road.

Or as several of us have mentioned even worse they see a white line on the outside edge of the road (right side for US, left side for the UK and other areas) and presume that any space to the right or left (depending on where one lives) is a "bike lane" and assume that we cyclists "have" to ride in that space. Even though there is no pavement markers or road signs to indicate that it is a bike lane. Or that said space is too narrow or debris strewned for a cyclist to safely operate there.

These can be self-defeating if the driver is distracted by trying to read what is on your jersey. It is natural to go in the direction you are looking.

I want a jersey that says:

I am not the
reason you are
late for work.