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Luigi De Guzman
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On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 17:25:13 GMT, "loki" <[email protected]> wrote:
>"Curtis L. Russell" <[email protected]> wrote in
>message news:[email protected]...
>> On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 19:01:39 -0500, Luigi de Guzman
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >There was someone else in the left-turn lane, as it
>> >happend, anyway. I don't much like the idea of being
>> >caught in-between....
>>
>> You don't move all the way left - for that reason. You
>> hold your place to move right as soon as the light
>> changes, but leave right turn room.
>
> I had a culture clash last week on my commute. A minivan
> passes me shortly before a signed residential
> intersection then pulls in front at the cross street. It
> came _very_ close. I don't know what the legal/regulatory
> definition is wrt how close it has to be before your are
> officially cut off
Would depend on the state. A bill was recently passed here
in Virginia that stipulated a minimum two-foot overtaking
distance (applies if you're overtaking a car, truck,
bicycle, oxcart, anything).
>but as far as I was concerned this burgundy minivan was _wa-a-a-a-
>y_ too close. It very much invaded my personal space.
>
> I caught up at the next stop sign and I see the driver -
> yakking on a cell phone. I considered thumping the van to
> get her attention and pointing out her careless driving..
> But it was my commute and I had to be somewhere. Plus I
> was probably to angry to get into it.
My least favourite motorist maneuver is the "right hook,"
where an impatient driver will overtake me (sometimes even
safely!) on the left, then immediately hit the brakes and
make a right turn. the squeal of my brakes is barely audible
over my howl of frustration. Were those acrobatics worth a
tenth of a second's travel time--and were they worth the
risk of colliding with me?
The right-turn-on red incident I classify as cultural,
though, since if I were driving a car, he would have had no
choice but to wait for the light to turn. On a bicycle, I'm
obviously easier to push around, never mind that I've got
my little brother to look after (In traffic, we ride in not-quite-
single file--he goes up ahead, but further right, and I
take a bit more of the lane behind him to give us both
breathing room).
-Luigi
>"Curtis L. Russell" <[email protected]> wrote in
>message news:[email protected]...
>> On Fri, 05 Mar 2004 19:01:39 -0500, Luigi de Guzman
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> >There was someone else in the left-turn lane, as it
>> >happend, anyway. I don't much like the idea of being
>> >caught in-between....
>>
>> You don't move all the way left - for that reason. You
>> hold your place to move right as soon as the light
>> changes, but leave right turn room.
>
> I had a culture clash last week on my commute. A minivan
> passes me shortly before a signed residential
> intersection then pulls in front at the cross street. It
> came _very_ close. I don't know what the legal/regulatory
> definition is wrt how close it has to be before your are
> officially cut off
Would depend on the state. A bill was recently passed here
in Virginia that stipulated a minimum two-foot overtaking
distance (applies if you're overtaking a car, truck,
bicycle, oxcart, anything).
>but as far as I was concerned this burgundy minivan was _wa-a-a-a-
>y_ too close. It very much invaded my personal space.
>
> I caught up at the next stop sign and I see the driver -
> yakking on a cell phone. I considered thumping the van to
> get her attention and pointing out her careless driving..
> But it was my commute and I had to be somewhere. Plus I
> was probably to angry to get into it.
My least favourite motorist maneuver is the "right hook,"
where an impatient driver will overtake me (sometimes even
safely!) on the left, then immediately hit the brakes and
make a right turn. the squeal of my brakes is barely audible
over my howl of frustration. Were those acrobatics worth a
tenth of a second's travel time--and were they worth the
risk of colliding with me?
The right-turn-on red incident I classify as cultural,
though, since if I were driving a car, he would have had no
choice but to wait for the light to turn. On a bicycle, I'm
obviously easier to push around, never mind that I've got
my little brother to look after (In traffic, we ride in not-quite-
single file--he goes up ahead, but further right, and I
take a bit more of the lane behind him to give us both
breathing room).
-Luigi