XPost: or.general, or.politics   
   From: dhomuth1@comcast.net   
      
   On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:50:35 -0700, "Paulapalooooozaa"   
    wrote:   
      
   >Something that I've always wondered about, a habit of bicyclists I've seen   
   >across the country. In most states there are bike lanes next to the road.   
   >You would expect that people would ride in the middle of them, like cars   
   >ride in the middle of the car lanes. Often I see people riding on the   
   >outside edge and are often very close to cars as they pass. Is this   
   >something they do on purpose? Is it just lazy bicyclists? Or is it that   
   >these people are just ignorant?   
   >   
   >I would think that people would want to stay as far away from traffic as   
   >possible.   
      
   Look more closely at the bike lanes.  They tend to have a lot of   
   gravel, broken glass and other detritus in them.   
      
   The area closest to the traffic lanes is clearer.   
      
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