If your vehicle can't handle the condition of road you are riding, then you are part of the problem. I don't drive in the bike lane, don't ride in mine.
And this is coming from a guy who used to be an avid bicyclist, I rode everywhere.
If your vehicle can't handle the condition of road you are riding, then you are part of the problem. I don't drive in the bike lane, don't ride in mine.
And this is coming from a guy who used to be an avid bicyclist, I rode everywhere.
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They need the "shot" and the blue pill.
As to road conditions--is it cars or bicycles that damage the road? I am not part of the problem if I ride my bike down a road littered with glass, nails, 2x4s and all the other debris that comes along with the car-centric lifestyle. You may find a used inner tube or two along the roadway left by irresponsible cyclists, but all the rest of that junk on the roadway is dropped off of/thrown out of motor vechicles. Those pot holes, ruts, and ripples in the pavement are made by weather and motor vehicles. As to bike lanes--lobby to change the law. In Oklahoma, a bicycle is a legal vehicle, subject to all the rights, rules, and responsibilities on any other vehicle. I'm not riding in YOUR road, I'm riding on OUR road.
A little history. A hundred and five years ago or so, the speed limit in Oklahoma City was 8 mph. Automobiles, horses, and bicyclists all moved at just about the same speed--8 mph. It is the feeling of omnipotence that the modern automobile gives its owner that fules the animosity toward bicyclists. How dare those fools in spandex get in my way! Me, the great and powerful wizard of Oz! In 1909, the auto and the bicycle co-existed because their owners were travelling about the same speed, sharing a similar perspective.
I don't know why so few Oklahoma highways have shoulders on the roads. I see road crews repaving the highway over and over, but they don't widen it to put shoulders on it, like down in Texas. Shoulders on the highways are a good investment.
this would be an incorrect statement. if it were true, then bicycles would be required to be registered, display tags and carry insurance and have a legal license to operate. I don't mind the bikes on the street, it's the double standard that goes with them. I'm required to give them right of way when they are operating on a surface street, yet I'm not allowed to drive around Lake Hefner on the bike path, as that would be dangerous for the bikers. (and pedestrians who also have the right of way if they step into the street).
I've no hate for cyclists - I rode a lot of miles for a good many years. The only point to my post was that "sometimes" the cyclist bears as much or more responsibility for an accident as the motorist. I don't want to run over anyone in my car any more than I ever wanted to get run over by someone else when I was riding.
Not taking sides here, but it's amazing to me how ignorant folks are about OK laws concerning vehicles on the roads. Guess what folks. Like it or not cars and bicycles are considered vehicles in OK and share the same laws. There are some restrictions for bicycles, e.g. not allowed on limited access highways. Yes, I'm a biker and wear my spandex bulges proudly! LOL. And I am also a car driver that likes to get where I'm going fast...I don't like anything slowing me down. But my advice is that everyone needs to take a chill pill and get over your worries about getting everywhere fast. Bikers will get in your way, they'll annoy you, they'll run stop signs and generally annoy the crap out of you. Yes, I'm a biker and I said it...all of it. A vast majority of bikers break the laws of the road every time they ride. Sorry but this will not stop.
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