Re: i ride facing traffic--comments please


"Ron Hardin" <rhhardin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4756BD0D.2488@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
You can do it, and sometimes it makes sense, but
has a lot of additional hazards you have to be
aware of and take into account

(snip)

3. Nobody coming out of a driveway or side street
or parking lot is going to be looking to avoid
you, where you'd have clear right of way if going
the correct direction.

(snip)

I ride the wrong way occasionally when it makes
sense, but not usually.
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rhhardin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.

I think the roads are safest when everyone does what is expected of them, by
law and convention. With people making up their own rules as they go along,
unsafe unpredictable chaos is the result.

My most important bike safety rule is, never assume a car sees you. I was
crossing an intersection years ago, with the green light, in the crosswalk,
on the wrong side of the street. A car rolled through right-turn-on-red, and
hit me, because he never looked my direction. I got the ticket, and rightly
so. If I had been walking my bike in the crosswalk, the driver would have
been at fault.

On my city commute, I still ride the wrong way for very short distances,
when it makes sense to do so. But I know it is wrong, and I understand the
concept. If anything happens, I know I will probably be 'more wrong' than
the other party.

J.


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