http://kf.rainydaycommunications.net/2010/05/03/five-day-summary/ Dulcius Ex Asperis Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:49:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://kf.rainydaycommunications.net/2010/05/03/five-day-summary/comment-page-1/#comment-7572 Siouxgeonz Thu, 06 May 2010 19:05:39 +0000 http://kf.rainydaycommunications.net/?p=1938#comment-7572 Yes, I too, had a driver who kept pointing at the bike path on our campus on assorted mornings. It's not even remotely resembling safe, and ends well to the right of right turners at the point where I go straight. I figure that in some recess of his brain he recognizes that yea, if he *looked up* the regs, he would be wrong... but that he believes that well, the rules are wrong. One of the strongest arguments against bike lanes is that yes, they can send the message that we're relegated to them -- and we've got quite a few miles of separated 'lanes' that are downright hairy. We tend to pick other routes entirely, 'cause it's hard to blame the drivers for believing that the planners would build lanes but we shouldn't be there. Yes, I too, had a driver who kept pointing at the bike path on our campus on assorted mornings. It’s not even remotely resembling safe, and ends well to the right of right turners at the point where I go straight.
I figure that in some recess of his brain he recognizes that yea, if he *looked up* the regs, he would be wrong… but that he believes that well, the rules are wrong.
One of the strongest arguments against bike lanes is that yes, they can send the message that we’re relegated to them — and we’ve got quite a few miles of separated ‘lanes’ that are downright hairy. We tend to pick other routes entirely, ’cause it’s hard to blame the drivers for believing that the planners would build lanes but we shouldn’t be there.

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