Originally Posted by alcjphil

I ride that stretch of road frequently, so I know it well. The bike lanes on either side of the road give the impression to drivers that it is a highway even though the speed limit is 50 kph. Speeding is common, I have been passed by drivers doing twice the legal limit. That curve is much gentler than the photo seems to show, no reason for a car to go off into the trees. We ride our mountain bikes in the woods on either side of the road. Yesterday I saw city crews installing pylons to divide the bike lanes from the rest of the road. A friend of mine also told me that he saw police setting up a speed trap. Too bad they weren't there a couple of days earlier