Sharrows, the bicycle infrastructure that doesn’t work and nobody wants

Re:Sharrows, the bicycle infrastructure that doesn’t work an... by unethical_ban on Sunday December 13, 2020 @08:35PM (#25412482)

Your complaint is confusing. "Enter a lane with a vehicle"? As in, be on the road while vehicles are on the road?

It sounds as if you think, if there is no dedicated bike lane, that bicyclists shouldn't exist.

In many places, legally, vehicles have no more right to the road than bicycles. The "road" is a shared lane for bicyclists and vehicles.

That it is dangerous is the responsibility of all to mitigate, but the multi-ton steel box has the obligation to yield.

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Re:Sharrows, the bicycle infrastructure that doesn’t work an... by prepend on Monday December 14, 2020 @07:06AM (#25416327)

I don’t think I’m explaining myself properly. I mean that if a car is already in a section of a lane, a bike would ride alongside a car on the left or right side, in the same lane.

Just like you couldn’t have two cars side by side in a lane, you can’t have a bike and a car in the same lane.

We have mixed traffic with bikes and cars on the same road, but they’re supposed to be sequential, not side by side.

Here’s an example of what I mean.

I’m on a single lane suburban road with a line of 20 cars all going 10mph. A bike rides alongside me going 20 mph in the same lane, passing me and other cars. The bike is 1-2 feet away from the side of my car.

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