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Denny Voorhees
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The Bicycle Registration thread and a nasty head cold on an acceptable Saturday for riding (mid 50's
little wind), got me thinking about what could be done to make our riding on the road safer and
better. If states Driver License Tests required a knowledge of rules of the road for cyclists, it
would be a big help. Drivers quite frankly don't know how to handle a bicycle. I've noticed the
simple hand signals I commonly use like "Slow down" "left" and "right" often don't seem to register.
There is also allot of confusion on where a cyclist should be to make a left turn across traffic.
How bicyclist should travel with the traffic not against it. Not only would this extra testing help
educate the driving public, it would also work on the riding public. I am really disturbed about the
number of casual adult cyclists I see riding against traffic. I often slow down when I'm riding
toward them, and tell them they are on the wrong side of the road. The nasty comments are
unbelievable. I don't think this law is enforced at all. It's been my experience that police cars
will naturally drive by a rider on the wrong side of the road. It would cost little to implement and
over the years the benefit to the public would be noticeable. Let the flames begin Denny in Sayre,Pa
"Bent but not broken" www.recumbentstuff.com
little wind), got me thinking about what could be done to make our riding on the road safer and
better. If states Driver License Tests required a knowledge of rules of the road for cyclists, it
would be a big help. Drivers quite frankly don't know how to handle a bicycle. I've noticed the
simple hand signals I commonly use like "Slow down" "left" and "right" often don't seem to register.
There is also allot of confusion on where a cyclist should be to make a left turn across traffic.
How bicyclist should travel with the traffic not against it. Not only would this extra testing help
educate the driving public, it would also work on the riding public. I am really disturbed about the
number of casual adult cyclists I see riding against traffic. I often slow down when I'm riding
toward them, and tell them they are on the wrong side of the road. The nasty comments are
unbelievable. I don't think this law is enforced at all. It's been my experience that police cars
will naturally drive by a rider on the wrong side of the road. It would cost little to implement and
over the years the benefit to the public would be noticeable. Let the flames begin Denny in Sayre,Pa
"Bent but not broken" www.recumbentstuff.com