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   From: CorkyK@yahoo.com   
      
   Suddenly, "lein" , blurted out the following:   
      
   >   
   >UffDa! wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >>   
   >> I am sure they are just avoiding crap in the right hand side of the   
   >> bike lane...   
   >> But as a driver, I do find it disconcerting at times.   
   >   
   >   
   >It wouldn't be if the bike rider obeyed laws for changing lanes   
   >(signaling, waiting until it's safe to do so).   It would be no   
   >different than when you drive a car and see debris ahead which requires   
   >you to change lanes (debris such as a stopped trimet bus)   
      
   I'm not quite sure about the laws regarding the bike lane, but keep in mind it   
   is a solid white line, not a dotted one. That usually means lane changing is   
   not   
   allowed.   
      
      
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