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Hippy
Guest
"Bradley C. Goldsmith" <brad@black_spam_sheep_spam_software.com.au>
wrote in message news:SRT1c.87635$Wa.47823@news-
> I will be hanging left from now on.
Good lad ;-)
> The comment about having nowhere to go and that drivers will expect
you to
> bail left in a pinch has totally sold me. I was always hanging left
when
> underway - it was just an issue with right hand turns. Its just such a
pain
> to make a right hand turn from so far left when traffic is underway!
How do
> you guys do it? As today I have found myself having to swap to
pedestrian
> at right hand turns and waiting for the crossing as when I have tried
to
> merge when the lane can go right or straight ahead most cars don't
seem to
> happy about it.
I used to do that. Cross at ped crossing and suchlike. It's a confidence and skill thing. Practice
looking over your shoulder while riding while riding in a straight line. Practice this with your
inside hand off the bars, i.e. signalling a RH turn. Check for traffic and when clear, signal and
move across. Sometimes I just give up and continue on waiting for a different gap or waiting to do
the cheeky "safety" turn I described earlier. Depending on the light cycle, it is sometimes quicker
to do the safety turn, rather than change across to the RH turning lanes. It is generally safer too.
hippy
wrote in message news:SRT1c.87635$Wa.47823@news-
> I will be hanging left from now on.
Good lad ;-)
> The comment about having nowhere to go and that drivers will expect
you to
> bail left in a pinch has totally sold me. I was always hanging left
when
> underway - it was just an issue with right hand turns. Its just such a
pain
> to make a right hand turn from so far left when traffic is underway!
How do
> you guys do it? As today I have found myself having to swap to
pedestrian
> at right hand turns and waiting for the crossing as when I have tried
to
> merge when the lane can go right or straight ahead most cars don't
seem to
> happy about it.
I used to do that. Cross at ped crossing and suchlike. It's a confidence and skill thing. Practice
looking over your shoulder while riding while riding in a straight line. Practice this with your
inside hand off the bars, i.e. signalling a RH turn. Check for traffic and when clear, signal and
move across. Sometimes I just give up and continue on waiting for a different gap or waiting to do
the cheeky "safety" turn I described earlier. Depending on the light cycle, it is sometimes quicker
to do the safety turn, rather than change across to the RH turning lanes. It is generally safer too.
hippy