stardognine

That's exactly what I would have posted, if I were a wordsmith of your caliber. 😁 Well typed. 😎

CB HI

Cyclist are normally banned from roads with minimum speed limits. But if cyclist are not banned from that road, then the minimum speed limit does not apply to the cyclist if they are traveling as fast as reasonable for that individual cyclist.

DeceptivelySlow

Always assume the driver sees you or be in the direct path of a driver not paying attention...

NVanHiker

Troll? Ah, the safety of the keyboard. I thought you might be interested to know how you are viewed by commercial drivers. I have driven passenger buses and various types of haulers over the years and the feelings of my fellow drivers are pretty universal. They. Hate. You/Us. I have a little more sympathy because I bike commute to work, but I take care not to piss anyone off.


Grown-ups who have schedules to meet and work to do tend to take a jaundiced view of 'tour de francers' in full 'kit' waving their little spandex butts from side to side doing nine miles an hour uphill in front of them, often while there's a perfectly serviceable and deserted sidewalk alongside.


By the way, to the 'professional driver' - I wouldn't mind 'poking along at 50 mph' behind a cyclist. Haven't come across any yet. You?

2 Piece

Where did "mental illness" come from. I have seen several post here saying she had some sort of mental illness. The article said nothing about mental illness. Guess this is just more of the usual, posters adding personal thoughts other than facts to the thread. Looks like to me her actions probably had more to due with DUI than mental illness. I wish they throw all the DUI driers n prison for about 5 years on their first conviction then the roads would be a lot safer for us all, plus a lot less crowed. Of course this would also mean cyclist charged with DUI as well.
While I doubt I share all the same opinions as NVanHiker, as for the "professional driver" I was/ am a professional driver as well, except I'm not traveling up and down an intestate such as yourself, I'm a professional city/ urban driver. As a city driver I probably come in contact with a lot more cyclist in a days time. And IMPO their are a lot of very, very bad cyclist out there on the roads. If I only had a dollar every time I have seen a cyclist blow through stop signs and red lights I could probably retire. A lot of these same cyclist do create unsafe conditions for everyone on the road. Cyclist along with all slower traffic need to stay as far right on the road as possible plan and simple.

Blues Rider

Yea, I see your point. In this case, you're right, of course. It's a reminder to me, though, to be mindful and cautious.


I rode that stretch of road on Saturday where my friend was hit, thinking about him, and yes, a little nervous. Irrational, I know, but real.


The good news: He's doing really well. Some friends went to visit him and said he's recovering very well.

Blues Rider

Well, my spandex butt isn't "little" by any standard. Just saying'. And I'll have to average about 10 more MPH to be even close to being a "Tour de Francer".


Anyway, on blacktops outside of town, there aren't sidewalks available, and besides, it's illegal to ride on them anyway. I agree that riders should obey the traffic signs and lights just like motorists, though--you (or whoever said it) have a point there.


OTOH, the law also says that a bicycle is legally entitled to the entire lane. I looked it up. It's not safe, wise or polite to take the whole lane, no, and a cyclist out of consideration/courtesy, safety and good ol' common sense must stay as far to the right of the road as safely possible, but that's the law.

Biker395 

I believe there was a follow up post with a link to a report of her arraignment. She was screaming at the judge, and called him "Santa Claus." The judge ordered a mental evaluation.

Blues Rider

Re. the mental illness question, the woman's son went public a day or two after the incident and talked about the woman's history of bipolar disorder. He said she has been known to black out when she gets really manic and doesn't remember what she did. The young man also publicly apologized to the rider and his family. So there's that.

Biker395 

And she has a driver's license?

Flip Flop Rider

lol!

reminds of what Mark on Shipping Wars said one time (am paraphrasing), "people say big rigs think they own the road, that's because we do!"

icyclist 

You do come across as a troll, yes.

Flip Flop Rider

icyclist great name!

fat biker

I will be keeping a good thought for the injured cyclist.

Why am I not surprised to see that the motorist was impaired?
Bring on the Autonomous Cars, please.

Jeff

BlazingPedals

My fear with autonomous cars is that one will hit & kill a cyclist, then it'll be written off as a 'glitch' and nobody will be responsible. For instance, if my lowracer doesn't meet some programmers' assumptions about radar cross-section.

Regarding the commercial drivers stuck behind us while we're struggling to climb a hill at 10 mph while there's a perfectly usable sidewalk nearby. We're all vehicles here -- it's just as proper for YOU to use the sidewalk. Courtesy works both ways.