Originally Posted by
Unca_Sam
Off the road means you're invisible.
Originally Posted by
Leisesturm
What is your point? Is that [US-6] the road the cyclist was hit on?
The A&S forum exists largely to vent the frustrations of a cycling community caught in the bizarro world reality stemming from the fact that a tortured system of inequality that favors overwhelmingly those Americans that drive motor vehicles exists. It has turned the Criminal Justice System into an absolute joke with respect to restitution for the non-driving victims of motorist violence. The rare exceptions arise mainly when the driver belongs to a scapegoat class of American.
I would take exception to the characterization of drivers striking
anything as violence. The sad fact is that these motorists are negligent. There's generally no malice in it. We ignore the risk we pose in a car because we don't regularly see the carnage that a momentary lapse in attention brings.
Originally Posted by
1989Pre
Cyclist rides in breakdown lane and we are not having this discussion. When did it become safe to ride in the travel lane of an interstate?
See the link I shared. If you put yourself in the driver's focus, they might choose to pay attention to you.
The road is apparently US-95 in AZ. Not an interstate highway, but part of the US route system. Interestingly, AZ apparently does not ban bicycles from the interstate highways if there is no suitable alternative route. This is a state highway.