I love bicycling but common sense keeps me out of the middle of traffic.
Posted on 06/10/2010 9:39:19 PM PDT by Chet 99
June 09, 2010|By Dan Tracy, Orlando Sentinel
Angry bicyclists are hoping to strike back and repeal a law taking effect in September that would force them to ride in bike lanes or hug the right side of the road.
They've even enlisted the help of state Sen. Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando, himself an avid bicyclist and tri-athlete.
"I'm one of them. … I'm open to just about anything," Gardiner said, including filing a bill next year.
And the bikers might not stop with just the law.
Another possibility they are considering is doing away with bike lanes altogether. That could result in more bicyclists using the roads just like a car.
"Bike lanes might not be all that we thought they were cracked up to be," said Mighk Wilson, a smart-growth planner and bike advocate at MetroPlan Orlando.
Wilson said he thinks riding in the midst of traffic is safer than bike lanes or the side of the road because bicyclists are more visible to motorists. Bike lanes, he said, often run too close to parking spaces, making riders vulnerable to people who open their car doors without looking.
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We’re looking more like third world China everyday.
Sure, put bikes on the road so Big Brother can then make you get a license and insurance and pass the tests that their union fools can make up. Then there’ll be new helmet codes and dress codes and nice uniforms for everyone.
we sure are. whats next?......rickshaws pulled in America by the ‘muslims of the dog world’....or, ‘the dogs of peace’, (damn I love those comparisons!!), pit-bulls! okay fire away pit fans!
I love bicycling but common sense keeps me out of the middle of traffic.
[”I’m one of them. … I’m open to just about anything,” Gardiner said, including filing a bill next year.]
A few years back this guy proposed revoking the license of any Florida business that outsourced any work overseas.
Every summer here in Ak, you read about bike riders found dead along the highway. I do believe locals are just killing them and getting away with it. I couldn't imagine attempting to keep up with 75 mph traffic on a rural highway.
Are they going to stop at stoplight and stop signs like cars?
My wife has never STOPPED at a stop sign in her life ... don't tell her I said that.
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