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Bruce Frech
Guest
Pete,
You could have seen me. I ride a Lightspeed (so it's not yellow) but I
frequently wear bright jerseys, and lots of yellow including yellow shoes,
medium dark but not black hair. I take Swedesford from rt 29 to
Chesterbrook as the end of my 15 mile commute from the Exton/rt100 turnpike
exit area, and typically at 8:20 to 8:30am. Most of the traffic on that
road then is going the opposite direction towards Great Valley. I have a
slight downhill for those 2 miles and usually am cruising at 25+mph and 20
over the two small rises.
I cannot speak for the drivers who cross the center line in blind
situations. Clearly they are in the wrong and putting many parties at risk.
But our society seems to accept that behavior. 30,000+ deaths a year in
traffic accidents, around 700 of which are bicyclists. And yet I see cars
cross the center line on average more then once a day. When cars pass me
like that I always prepare to exit the roadway if needed, making note of my
choices.
When the road is too narrow for a car to pass then I let them know they
should not pass.
Are you saying I should not ride on the road? When we give up the road then
we give up everything. The best way to makes the roads safer is to have
more cyclists riding on them. Sure I would love for the bike path to be
completed parallel to Swedesford Road but it's been too many years in
discussion to have any hope in the near future. Perhaps you could join us
in trying to get it completed. Here's some info on meetings in the near
future
....planning meeting tomorrow night (7:00PM) at 5 Points Road & Paoli Pike
for West Goshen Township.
further meetings are; Westtown Township's meeting on October 6th & Thornbury
Township the following week on the 13th
....
Bruce
You could have seen me. I ride a Lightspeed (so it's not yellow) but I
frequently wear bright jerseys, and lots of yellow including yellow shoes,
medium dark but not black hair. I take Swedesford from rt 29 to
Chesterbrook as the end of my 15 mile commute from the Exton/rt100 turnpike
exit area, and typically at 8:20 to 8:30am. Most of the traffic on that
road then is going the opposite direction towards Great Valley. I have a
slight downhill for those 2 miles and usually am cruising at 25+mph and 20
over the two small rises.
I cannot speak for the drivers who cross the center line in blind
situations. Clearly they are in the wrong and putting many parties at risk.
But our society seems to accept that behavior. 30,000+ deaths a year in
traffic accidents, around 700 of which are bicyclists. And yet I see cars
cross the center line on average more then once a day. When cars pass me
like that I always prepare to exit the roadway if needed, making note of my
choices.
When the road is too narrow for a car to pass then I let them know they
should not pass.
Are you saying I should not ride on the road? When we give up the road then
we give up everything. The best way to makes the roads safer is to have
more cyclists riding on them. Sure I would love for the bike path to be
completed parallel to Swedesford Road but it's been too many years in
discussion to have any hope in the near future. Perhaps you could join us
in trying to get it completed. Here's some info on meetings in the near
future
....planning meeting tomorrow night (7:00PM) at 5 Points Road & Paoli Pike
for West Goshen Township.
further meetings are; Westtown Township's meeting on October 6th & Thornbury
Township the following week on the 13th
....
Bruce
