Comments on: Bike to Work Month http://seattle.metblogs.com/2008/05/01/bike-to-work-month/ Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:32:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: finalanswer http://seattle.metblogs.com/2008/05/01/bike-to-work-month/comment-page-1/#comment-8980 finalanswer Thu, 01 May 2008 21:50:40 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2008/05/01/bike-to-work-month/#comment-8980 When I bike/run, I much prefer to use the bell/noise alert vs. the "on your left" alert. When people hear "on your left" too many of them MOVE left. When people hear a noise, they tend to move right. When I bike/run, I much prefer to use the bell/noise alert vs. the "on your left" alert. When people hear "on your left" too many of them MOVE left. When people hear a noise, they tend to move right.

]]> By: samantha http://seattle.metblogs.com/2008/05/01/bike-to-work-month/comment-page-1/#comment-8934 samantha Thu, 01 May 2008 20:34:41 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2008/05/01/bike-to-work-month/#comment-8934 Oh, man. I know Bike to Work Month is good for the environment and the biker's health and all, but I walk to and from the office and already nearly get run down by a bicycle about once a week, which is insane since I don't take up much space or swerve drunkenly all over the sidewalk. If more bicyclers shouted or rang when they were around I would like them a lot more, since it can be awfully startling when they whoosh past from behind. Oh, man. I know Bike to Work Month is good for the environment and the biker’s health and all, but I walk to and from the office and already nearly get run down by a bicycle about once a week, which is insane since I don’t take up much space or swerve drunkenly all over the sidewalk. If more bicyclers shouted or rang when they were around I would like them a lot more, since it can be awfully startling when they whoosh past from behind.

]]> By: jared http://seattle.metblogs.com/2008/05/01/bike-to-work-month/comment-page-1/#comment-8925 jared Thu, 01 May 2008 20:26:34 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2008/05/01/bike-to-work-month/#comment-8925 i'll be honest, i don't always shout to peds. i guess i'm lucky enough to not have had one walk into me, but usually i won't yell if they're sticking to the right and there's nobody else around. i know i should every time, but i get lazy :/ @wesa can i get a ramen. i used to live in sand point and could ride the BG all the way from fremont to my back yard and i can't tell you how many collisions or near collisions i saw on the stretch from gasworks to uvillage for that very reason. also, everyone please remember that traffic lights are for cyclists too. if we want to be taken seriously as vehicles and given the appropriate rights and respect without the current whining from motorists we need to follow the laws as they stand, see <a href="http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=46.61.050" rel="nofollow">RCW 46.61.050</a>, it's pretty explicit. i see it every day and it makes me sad. i’ll be honest, i don’t always shout to peds. i guess i’m lucky enough to not have had one walk into me, but usually i won’t yell if they’re sticking to the right and there’s nobody else around. i know i should every time, but i get lazy :/

@wesa can i get a ramen. i used to live in sand point and could ride the BG all the way from fremont to my back yard and i can’t tell you how many collisions or near collisions i saw on the stretch from gasworks to uvillage for that very reason.

also, everyone please remember that traffic lights are for cyclists too. if we want to be taken seriously as vehicles and given the appropriate rights and respect without the current whining from motorists we need to follow the laws as they stand, see RCW 46.61.050, it’s pretty explicit. i see it every day and it makes me sad.

]]> By: wesa http://seattle.metblogs.com/2008/05/01/bike-to-work-month/comment-page-1/#comment-8832 wesa Thu, 01 May 2008 18:45:51 +0000 http://seattle.metblogs.com/2008/05/01/bike-to-work-month/#comment-8832 Also one quick word to cyclists and pedestrians: when on a mixed-use trail, try to stay on the right except when passing or at the very least, ride/walk in a straight, predictable line. When you wander in an unpredictable manner, collisions happen. Also one quick word to cyclists and pedestrians: when on a mixed-use trail, try to stay on the right except when passing or at the very least, ride/walk in a straight, predictable line. When you wander in an unpredictable manner, collisions happen.

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