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Tag Archives: traffic signal
Research says bicyclists should run red lights?
Dr. Anne Lusk made an interesting comment on red lights: (quote is here): Female bicyclists in England are being killed at a higher rate than males because females wait for the green light to proceed and then are hit by … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Bike lanes, Crashes, Laws
Tagged Anne Lusk, bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bikeway, collision, Harvard School of Public Health, law, Lusk, traffic signal
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Our hero, Lance Armstrong
Who is the cyclist wearing sunglasses, a white T-shirt and gray cargo shorts in the video? [No longer available to embed but you can watch it on YouTube]. Lance Armstrong, 7 times winner of the Tour de France. Everyone is … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged Armstrong, bicycle, Bicycling, collision, couriers, fixed gear, helmet, Lance, Lance Armstrong, laws, Tour de France, traffic signal, vehicle, vehicular
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James Mackay on bike box implementations
Bicycle advance stop line implementations I saw in Europe amounted to a five-legged stool, with resultant stability and functionality.
I get very concerned with American implementations that amount to a two-legged stool. Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Bike box, Bike lanes, Laws
Tagged advanced stop line, Bicycling, bike box, cell phone, James Mackay, Mackay, mirror, mobile phone, near side, RTOR, signal phase, traffic signal, Trixi
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Bike box rationales
On another Web page, I have discussed the features and operational characteristics of so-called “bike boxes”, in which bicyclists wait for traffic signals ahead of the stop line for motor traffic. I recommend that page as background information for this … Continue reading
Idaho special bicycle laws
Idaho law allows cyclists to treat a stop sign as a yield sign. See https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title49/t49ch7/sect49-720/ It also allows a bicyclist to treat a traffic signal as a stop sign. I would support the traffic signal aspect of this law as … Continue reading
