Wayne Pein wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
>
> > Wayne Pein wrote:
> >>You got crowded BECAUSE you rode too far right. If you ride far right,
> >>you are encourgaging them to squeeze by. Use more of the lane and that
> >>problem is greatly reduced. Riding further into the lane makes you more
> >>visible, and forces motorists to adjust to you.
> >>
> >>Wayne
> >
> >
> > I believe that making motorists adjust 'to your riding habits' means
> > you are doing it wrong.
>
> Motorists adjust to other motor vehicles, including those that are going
> slower, very much slower (front loaders,
I've been around heavy equipment all my life and people adjust and
pass but sometimes it's just not safely possible to do so, so you pull
over as far as you can or pull over and let the cars pass or get
a traffic buildup behind you and people take risky moves to pass you.
My views come from not lawful city riding. It's from long distance
riders who on two lane roads ride with multiple riders ride side by
side taking the entire lane forcing drivers to take risks passing
them, where oncoming traffic and or other road hazards are or may be
present. I've seen times where the entire opposite lane was missing
after a gully washer, where you had just passed riders where they
wouldn't move over.
If a driver suddenly had to retreat from passing, the riders may be
right there. I know my heart has
gotten going a few times watching this happen.
The riders could simply move to the right and give the car more
opportunity to safely pass if these
hazardous conditions may exist. Otherwise there is relatively no
problem in passing in the other lane.
I feel strongly about this because where I had lived, the riders come
through and conflicts erupt and people do get killed. If seen close
calls and conflicts.
Both should give a little cause that's the only way both can co-exist.
I understand the county, town, whatever was going to try to require
single file riding because of problems.
That's not fair but in a place where people have to drive 60 miles and
back for a simple errand and 60 miles and back another direction for
another errand and drive 60 miles to work through twisty roads and
narrow mountain roads, they need the riders to let them more safely
pass otherwise you get to points where 10,15, ect, ect miles where you
just plain cannot safely pass and they just ****** a half-hour out of
much valuable time, only to have the same scenario the way back.