Comments on: Cycling in the Wrong Direction http://www.rocbike.com/2008/08/19/cycling-in-the-wrong-direction/ Nothing To Lose But Our Chains! Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:33:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ethan http://www.rocbike.com/2008/08/19/cycling-in-the-wrong-direction/comment-page-1/#comment-12439 ethan Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:09:50 +0000 http://www.rocbike.com/?p=1745#comment-12439 Can you, maybe, explain how they came to the conclusion that riding your bike into oncoming traffic is less dangerous? Because in America, according to law, bicycles are vehicles just like cars. If you drove a car into oncoming traffic, you'd have a problem. You ride WITH traffic because you ARE traffic. To be honest, your lane positions (plural) sound dangerous to me. Weaving back and forth in the road, while headed into traffic, is probably exactly what you shouldn't be doing. Can you, maybe, explain how they came to the conclusion that riding your bike into oncoming traffic is less dangerous?

Because in America, according to law, bicycles are vehicles just like cars. If you drove a car into oncoming traffic, you’d have a problem. You ride WITH traffic because you ARE traffic.

To be honest, your lane positions (plural) sound dangerous to me. Weaving back and forth in the road, while headed into traffic, is probably exactly what you shouldn’t be doing.

]]> By: not sure about this http://www.rocbike.com/2008/08/19/cycling-in-the-wrong-direction/comment-page-1/#comment-12436 not sure about this Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:46:55 +0000 http://www.rocbike.com/?p=1745#comment-12436 In Europe they come to the conclusion that riding your bike against traffic or up an one way road is less dangerous. As a result since 20 years Euroean governments started putting in bike lanes which go up a one way road. I personally find it save as wel: First you can see the cars coming towards you. I personally ride more in the middle if I see a car coming to make sure I will be seen just in case the drive is on the cell phone and then go on the side again once I notice the drive has seen me. In Europe they come to the conclusion that riding your bike against traffic or up an one way road is less dangerous. As a result since 20 years Euroean governments started putting in bike lanes which go up a one way road. I personally find it save as wel: First you can see the cars coming towards you. I personally ride more in the middle if I see a car coming to make sure I will be seen just in case the drive is on the cell phone and then go on the side again once I notice the drive has seen me.

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