I use a big reflective slow-vehicle triangle taped to the rear of the bike.
"Bri" <"Share,D,Computer"@boeing.com> wrote in message
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> And keep your red blinky lite going all the time
>
> David Storm wrote:
> >
> > "Chuck Anderson" <
[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > > Fleabit wrote:
> > >
> > > > We are planning to ride Highway 101 from Port Angeles, WA to
Astoria, OR
> > in
> > > > early June. We have heard that logging trucks are deadly to
cyclists in
> > > > some sections of this route. Does anyone have any recent experience
> > with
> > > > this route who can give us any survival tips for our ride? Rodger & Karen Denver, CO
> > >
> > > I found the logging truck drivers, especially in Washington and Oregon
to
> > be
> > > very professional and excellent drivers (highway 101). They know
their
> > trucks
> > > well. And quite frankly, having ridden from Port Angeles to San
Francisco
> > > once, and from SeaTac to San Francisco another time; I don't have any impression of logging
> > > trucks other than they never bothered me -
looked
> > scary -
> > > but never seemed a threat at all.
> > >
> > > (RV's with novice drivers; that's what is deadly.)
> > >
> > > I don't know any stats, but cyclists being hit by logging trucks on
101 is
> > not
> > > something I've heard discussed before - here or on any other cycling
> > board.
> > >
> > > Further down the coast - near Ft. Bragg - there seemed to be some
serious
> > > contention between logging / gravel / wood chip trucks, and
bicyclists -
> > all
> > > seen as environmentalists (the enemy).
> > >
> > > --
> > > **********************************************
> > > Chuck Anderson . Boulder, CO
http://www.CycleTourist.com Tolerance is recognizing that other
> > > people have different ideals and needs than you. Compromise is acting on that knowledge.
> > > ***********************************************************
> >
> > I agree. I have found most 18 wheel drivers in NW and
> > N. Calif. to be professional and most will give room when they can or stay behind until they can
> > pass. On some narrow winding roads with no shoulder it's best to pull off and let them pass
> > if possible Its for safety, survival and good manners. Most truckers will appreciate it, and
> > it presents a good image for bikers.
> >
> > Now RV drivers and red-necks in pickups, that's another matter. The former are often geriatric
> > and incompetent to be driving RVs and can't judge distance nor the size of their vehicles. The
> > latter resent bikers on "their" roads. Just be on the watch for them.
> >
> > >
>
