Comments on: How to handle cyclists, and other useful info http://propheteer.org/index.php/2009/how-to-handle-cyclists-and-other-useful-info We've given up our non-prophet status Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:37:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: hitch http://propheteer.org/index.php/2009/how-to-handle-cyclists-and-other-useful-info/comment-page-1#comment-21211 hitch Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:37:01 +0000 http://propheteer.org/?p=422#comment-21211 Agreed - stop LIGHTS are scary things to run on a bike. it's not fun to stop at them, but they're way more important than stop signs. Agreed – stop LIGHTS are scary things to run on a bike. it’s not fun to stop at them, but they’re way more important than stop signs.

]]> By: Anya http://propheteer.org/index.php/2009/how-to-handle-cyclists-and-other-useful-info/comment-page-1#comment-21210 Anya Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:24:46 +0000 http://propheteer.org/?p=422#comment-21210 Tank you, for posting this. My mom and I have been arguing about the stopping issue for years, and I understand her position a little better now (previously, all she could tell me was, it breaks your momentum). But my pet peeve is not stop SIGNS (because, lets face it, cars run them too--Slow To Observe Policemen, anyone?), but stop LIGHTS. I can't tell you how many times I've nearly run over a cyclist who ran a stop light--there is a particularly dangerous one outside my office parking garage that happens to lie along many bike messenger routes. So I maintain that stop LIGHTS should NEVER be run (by cars or bikes), because I really really don't want to accidentally kill someone. However, I do always pass as quickly as possible, follow at a safe distance when I can't and try to stay aware of bikes when turning and such. And I wish more drivers did! Tank you, for posting this. My mom and I have been arguing about the stopping issue for years, and I understand her position a little better now (previously, all she could tell me was, it breaks your momentum). But my pet peeve is not stop SIGNS (because, lets face it, cars run them too–Slow To Observe Policemen, anyone?), but stop LIGHTS. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve nearly run over a cyclist who ran a stop light–there is a particularly dangerous one outside my office parking garage that happens to lie along many bike messenger routes. So I maintain that stop LIGHTS should NEVER be run (by cars or bikes), because I really really don’t want to accidentally kill someone.

However, I do always pass as quickly as possible, follow at a safe distance when I can’t and try to stay aware of bikes when turning and such. And I wish more drivers did!

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