Such hostility!
02-03-18, 08:56 AM
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There's always that chance, of course, but I feel that if I pull to the right it'll be more difficult for me to cross the intersection and then merge back into traffic. This way I'll take the lane while crossing the intersection (and if you want to debate the merits of this practice, please go to A&S). I'll move over to the right if the lane is wide enough, otherwise I will continue to ride right of centre.
02-03-18, 09:10 AM
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Wuss.
Daily cyclist against a flabby road rager? Guaranteed he can make changes the medical textbooks don't even list yet.
Had a ****** talking big from his truck when I was walking in Dallas. Tune changed a lot once I had a good grip on his mullet. "You talk big when you're ready to run away, but your hair is staying right here until I'm ready for it to leave."
Edit: Really? ****** is censored? I thought calling someone a ****** was considered a nomination for moderator around here.
Daily cyclist against a flabby road rager? Guaranteed he can make changes the medical textbooks don't even list yet.
Had a ****** talking big from his truck when I was walking in Dallas. Tune changed a lot once I had a good grip on his mullet. "You talk big when you're ready to run away, but your hair is staying right here until I'm ready for it to leave."
Edit: Really? ****** is censored? I thought calling someone a ****** was considered a nomination for moderator around here.
02-03-18, 09:30 AM
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I am NOT in a bike lane, if you look at the pictures in the OP. There was no bike lane. My lane is the right and correct lane!
02-03-18, 03:49 PM
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Granted, taking the lane is almost certain to enrage the driver behind you, but in a vacuum free from human emotion I suppose its sensible advice.
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02-05-18, 07:27 AM
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02-07-18, 10:00 AM
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in Chapel Hill, NC there are bike lanes within the city area, but not outside. I've experienced hostility once when I ran a red light. A white guy in a pick-up yelled at me. I didn't care what he had to say. I still run red lights if the roads are clear
02-08-18, 01:54 PM
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I wonder if you will get a ticket. Only time will tell.
02-09-18, 11:23 AM
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I only run a red light at a signal that I know for a fact will not detect me (from prior experience), and no other cars are in the immediate vicinity to make it change. Otherwise I wait for the green like everyone else.
02-09-18, 11:41 AM
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I'm often relieved when a car pulls up next to or behind to trip the light signal.
02-09-18, 02:15 PM
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I feel no qualms at all about running a red light if it is safe to do so. Bicycles do not put lives in danger. If I might get run over, I wait for the green. If there are no cars to run me over, I go through. No other real consideration.
02-11-18, 08:10 PM
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That is why I said "dedicated one or not". You don't have to have painted lines to be in the bike lane. Holding your line makes you predictable to drivers. Weaving in and out and unnecessarily taking over the lane makes you unpredictable and annoying.
