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Originally Posted by sailor
What do you do when that bike lane is chock full of broken glass, rocks, and other refuse pushed there by the cars in the lane next to it?
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1) not all bike lanes are full of trash
2) you complain to the street department.
3) what about the bike lanes that are set back from the road like a sidewalk, are totally clear, have nothing in them, and yet the bikers still insist on riding on the street at the risk of their own safety? It doesn't make sense?
4) What about the bikers who insist on riding on the wrong side of the road? Or the ones that run lights/stop signs? Bikers aren't exactly innocent in this debate. Most of the people I see on the roads who are riding bikes make the streets more dangerous for everyone - and before you think I'm attacking bikers only, I'm not. It's the same with cars, the majority of drivers suck also.
As I said, just because it's legal doesn't mean it's smart. If you have a bike path available to you, then use it. If you don't, hug the shoulder. 99% of the drivers out there don't give a crap if you have the right to hog the entire lane or not, and they've got at least 1,800 pounds on you. Move out of the way.