Re: Montana: "Let's make stupidity mandatory!"

On 1/11/2025 12:55 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On Sat, 11 Jan 2025 13:13:28 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
 

Some Montana legislators are wanting to make wrong-way riding mandatory.
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https://www.cyclingwest.com/news/montana-proposes-bill-to-force-cyclists-to-ride-the-wrong-way-in-traffic/
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Data's quite clear that riding facing traffic is far more dangerous than
riding the same direction as other traffic.
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I hope - and predict - that this bill will never make it out of committee.

 Like this?
<https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/08/10/Guinness-World-Records-distance-cycling-backward-RAGBRAI/5631691686278/>
 The bill will probably instantly die when cost of installing the
necessary signage is disclosed.  I searched for a road sign with
someone riding a bicycle backwards but couldn't find anything.
 

Thanks for the video.
Yes, that's a thing and especially impressive because I can't do it.
http://www.yellowjersey.org/zeusback.jpg
The obvious question is about braking. Rider cg is unfavorable!
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