Comments on: Another View On Bike Safety https://boiseguardian.com/2009/09/02/another-view-on-bike-safety/ A different slant on the news. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:28:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Bike Cycling https://boiseguardian.com/2009/09/02/another-view-on-bike-safety/#comment-14793 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:28:01 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=3359#comment-14793 This is to prevent unavoidable circumstances. Cycling has been an adventurous sport since decades but there has to be certain amount of safety to be ensured.

]]> By: Bike Cycling Reviews https://boiseguardian.com/2009/09/02/another-view-on-bike-safety/#comment-14617 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:03:38 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=3359#comment-14617 Cycling has been an adventurous sport since decades but there has to be certain amount of safety to be ensured. This is to prevent unavoidable circumstances.

]]> By: db https://boiseguardian.com/2009/09/02/another-view-on-bike-safety/#comment-14582 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:56:38 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=3359#comment-14582 Awesome job, Clancy. Everyone has responsibilities concerning this issue.

]]> By: Bob T https://boiseguardian.com/2009/09/02/another-view-on-bike-safety/#comment-14568 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:14:45 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=3359#comment-14568 This is a good example of why law enforcement officer education is needed.

]]> By: JB https://boiseguardian.com/2009/09/02/another-view-on-bike-safety/#comment-14566 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:12:14 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=3359#comment-14566 Clancy and Bikeboy thanks, for the clarification and the link. I think if everybody were more aware of the existing rules and followed them, everybody would be safer.

]]> By: Clancy https://boiseguardian.com/2009/09/02/another-view-on-bike-safety/#comment-14562 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:55:46 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=3359#comment-14562 JB- 2 abreast is allowed under certain circumstances.

I should of included a link to Idaho Cycling Statutes. http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/idstat/Title49/T49CH7.htm

]]> By: bikeboy https://boiseguardian.com/2009/09/02/another-view-on-bike-safety/#comment-14559 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:19:44 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=3359#comment-14559 JB: “Very good ideas, but I dont think bikes can ride abreast at any time anywhere, right?”

JB, they CAN ride two abreast, legally. But doing so while holding up traffic is a prime example of the lack of “compassion and compromise” cited by Clancy!

Idaho Statute 49-718: Riding two abreast. Persons riding bicycles upon a highway shall not ride more than two (2) abreast except on paths or parts of highways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles. Persons riding two (2) abreast shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic and, on a laned roadway, shall ride within a single lane.

]]> By: bikeboy https://boiseguardian.com/2009/09/02/another-view-on-bike-safety/#comment-14558 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:32:10 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=3359#comment-14558 Clancy nails it!

“Compassion and compromise” on the part of all roadway users will make more difference, frankly, than more bike lanes and more laws on the books (that will go largely unenforced, just like the current laws).

My experience is that 95% of motorists can interact gracefully with, maybe, 75% of the cyclists.

(There are more cyclists who are either clueless about how to do it, or choose to ignore both statutory laws and common-sense laws.)

“Can’t we all just get along?”
– Rodney King, 20th-century statesman/philosopher

]]> By: JB https://boiseguardian.com/2009/09/02/another-view-on-bike-safety/#comment-14557 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:07:23 +0000 https://boiseguardian.com/?p=3359#comment-14557 Very good ideas, but I dont think bikes can ride abreast at any time anywhere, right?

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