Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: Let's hide the bicyclists behind parked cars. What could go wrong?

On 1/11/2025 3:50 PM, cyclintom wrote:

On Fri Jan 10 18:42:07 2025 Frank Krygowski  wrote:

 I've never said I take the lane "everywhere." I've said many, many times
that if there's enough space to safely share the lane, I do that.
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I'm not riding anywhere now, with lots of now and temperatures below 25
Fahrenheit. But in milder weather, yes, I prefer to ride quiet streets.
But when necessary or desirable, I ride the four lane with ~30,000 cars
per day that's a quarter mile from my house. I ride city center downtown
streets. I ride country roads, including state highways. Out west, I've
ridden hundreds of miles on freeways where that was legal.

 Frank, the problemn is that you're always careful to leave and out while implying otherwise. Do not say " I take the lane" without including "when safe".

I take the lane pretty much by default. I don't take the lane when the lane is wide enough to safely share - that is, so wide that a car could pass me giving at least three feet of clearance without moving left into the next lane over.
I keep asking you and others about being approached from behind by an 8.5 foot truck (a common truck width) while riding in a 10 foot lane (common around here) with no shoulder (also common).  I absolutely would be in the center of the lane in that situation. There's no reasonable alternative other than jumping off your bike - and perhaps, touching your forehead to the ground as a sign of submission.
I have a legal right to the road. I use it.
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- Frank Krygowski