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Did you miss something? We don’t have bike lanes in my area.
So, considering the lack of bike lanes, I ride the white line on the edge of the road. Like, who in their right mind would ride a bicycle in the middle of vehicle traffic?
This is incredibly dangerous, unless you mean that you’re riding on the other side of the white line (sometimes called a “fog line”), on a road with a nice wide shoulder. All it does is encourage drivers to overtake at dangerously close distances when they’re unable to do so safely. Taking the lane keeps you safe, because it makes you easier to see (it puts you right where drivers are already looking, instead of off to the side) and it provides an obvious indication that the only way they can overtake is if they move into the other lane. Which requires that they’re able to move into the other lane. No incentive to squeeze past when it’s unsafe.
I’ve been riding this way for 33 years, never been hit. My main bicycle is basically a mirror anyways, known by the entire county as Silver. If you can’t see Silver, you don’t need to be on the road anyways.
I’m also smart enough to know that whenever traffic gets too busy, it’s probably a fine time for me to take a riding break and let traffic settle down. As a bike rider, to me, rule #1 is watch your own ass…
I’m gonna continue riding the way I ride as long as I ride, because I’m still alive and never had a traffic injury.
Did you miss something? We don’t have bike lanes in my area.
So, considering the lack of bike lanes, I ride the white line on the edge of the road. Like, who in their right mind would ride a bicycle in the middle of vehicle traffic?
This is incredibly dangerous, unless you mean that you’re riding on the other side of the white line (sometimes called a “fog line”), on a road with a nice wide shoulder. All it does is encourage drivers to overtake at dangerously close distances when they’re unable to do so safely. Taking the lane keeps you safe, because it makes you easier to see (it puts you right where drivers are already looking, instead of off to the side) and it provides an obvious indication that the only way they can overtake is if they move into the other lane. Which requires that they’re able to move into the other lane. No incentive to squeeze past when it’s unsafe.
I’ve been riding this way for 33 years, never been hit. My main bicycle is basically a mirror anyways, known by the entire county as Silver. If you can’t see Silver, you don’t need to be on the road anyways.
I’m also smart enough to know that whenever traffic gets too busy, it’s probably a fine time for me to take a riding break and let traffic settle down. As a bike rider, to me, rule #1 is watch your own ass…
I’m gonna continue riding the way I ride as long as I ride, because I’m still alive and never had a traffic injury.