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Originally Posted by Barefoot
I'm not sure that anyone ever said it was preferable or safe, just that it was legal. I agree that a wobbly rider is safer on the MM path.
I have flashers on my bike and I wouldn't dream of riding at dusk on a busy road.
It doesn't make sense to me either. But bicyclists are entitled to a three-foot clearance, no matter if they're going fast, or slow and wobbly. It's the law.
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Excellent posting! I too get frustrated sometimes but the law is the law. And common sense says we should expect to see bikers on the roads so as to not be too surprised when we come across them whether we think they should be there or not.
This morning going north on Buena Vista, we saw a real mix of bikers. On the MM Path was a group (about 10-15) of bikes going at a fair speed, less than golf carts that passed them though. At the same spot we saw a group of (about 5-6) tandem bikes being ridden on the southbound Buena Vista roadway, well below the speed of the bikes on the MM Path. We just remarked about the incident and wished them well as we continued on north.
Moral: All sorts of bikes will be on both the MM Path and on the road, and at various speeds so as the safe, considerate car-drivers we all are, we need to be ready for them. Ready for responses.
