Comments on: Ponce de Leon Avenue Gets Bike Sharrows

By: Bobby

Bobby — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:03:12 +0000

+1 (me too)

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:03:45 +0000

And it brings up a question, whether on bike or in auto: What is the definition of “stop”? I.e., how fine is the line between a sliding stop and a legal stop? Does the vehicle have to rock back? I have been known to bring my vehicle to a speed of zero at a stop sign but then have my family claim that I did not actually stop because there was no backward momentum. Is there a minimum time interval of immobilization required?

I realize this is nitpicking. But I come to quite a few stop signs daily and my nitpicking family is often with me.

By: Chris 2.0

Chris 2.0 — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:53:44 +0000

A friend of mine got a $212 ticket for not completely stopping at a stop sign. How did you get yours dropped?

By: dygituljunky

dygituljunky — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 06:26:14 +0000

As a daily bicycle commuter, I think back to when I drove everywhere and shared an opinion with Skeptic. I remember how road-ragey I started to feel when I had to pass a cyclist more than once.

That recollection combined with the safe cycling mantra of “be as predictable as possible” means that I wait in line when I get caught at a red light.

As a co-worker likes to say, if you assert your rights to the road against a road-rage-inclined driver, “you might be right, but that won’t help you when you’re dead.”

For me, it’s all about getting home safely when I have to share the road with people who aren’t as calm and reasonable as Skeptic seems to be.

By: Ridgelandistan

Ridgelandistan — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:11:57 +0000

Excercising one’s rights often “inconveniences” others.
That’s why they have to be spelled out in the law.

If a motorist chooses to be angry because someone on a bicycle gets in front of them, that’s on them and their lack of emotional maturity. There is nothing discourteous about it on the cyclist’s part.