Ride into work for Thursday, 29 May
After a dry spell, I had another muppet encounter this morning. I was heading along Dutch Village Road approaching Bayers road and signalled left to turn into the left-hand lane (since right is right turn only). Behind me I heard a car accelerate up behind me then brake hard and beep their horn. As I stopped at the traffic light the driver went past on the left and yelled something out, the only part of which I caught was "for on a bicycle". Quite how she expected me to hear her as she appeared to continue shouting as she turned left I really don't know...
Left early so I got to ride around a bit before heading into work.
Distance logged: 11.809km
Time: 31:45
Average speed: 22.3km/hr
Max speed: 64.0 km/hr
Temperature: 8C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 2950.403km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.1
Monthly distance: 535.494km
Monthly cost per km: $0.22
Left early so I got to ride around a bit before heading into work.
Distance logged: 11.809km
Time: 31:45
Average speed: 22.3km/hr
Max speed: 64.0 km/hr
Temperature: 8C, sunny
Cumulative distance: 2950.403km
Cumulative cost per km: $0.1
Monthly distance: 535.494km
Monthly cost per km: $0.22
posted by steve at 5/29/2008 09:04:00 pm
2 Comments:
Sarasota Cycler here. I live in a different city during the summers for work and have been commuting on my bike, 12+ miles round trip with big hills no matter which way you are going (but at least I always get a downhill). I am just catching up on your posts (I've been travelling too) and this one brought up a question I had last week- how does one get into a left hand lane on a bike when one is by law supposed to be on the right hand side of the road? I usually just do my best to get over without getting killed, but sometimes I have to stop and wait, or I've even resorted to using the crosswalks. I have this situation once each way on my trip to work.
The law is usually something along the lines of "bicycles must stay as far to the right as is practicable"; if you are turning left then it is only practicable to be in the left hand lane. The way I do it (assuming a two lane road) is to signal left and move into the centre of the right-hand lane and continue signalling until there's a break in traffic and I can switch lanes - pretty much the same as a car would do, I suppose.
There's nothing wrong with using a crosswalk, though - I use one daily as part of a shortcut to avoid a busy road.
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