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   "UffDa!"  wrote in message   
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   > lein wrote:   
   >> UffDa! wrote:   
   >> > 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)   
   >   
   > Well, it's disconcerting because he flipped unexpetedly.  That's one of   
   > those freak things.  He clearly did not expect it.   
   >   
   > So, if I pass with a foot or two of room, I could be pressing my luck   
   > (and his!).   
   >   
      
   The road I commute on daily has no shoulder at all.  Cyclists regularly use   
   the road and I pass them quite often.  I won't pass unless I can give them   
   half a lane's worth of room, because I picture just this happening.  Many   
   other drivers don't, and pass with a foot or so.  I haven't seen one creamed   
   yet, but I expect I will someday.   
      
   I have come close on a bridge with no shoulder.  There was a truck coming   
   the other way and the crest of the bridge hid the cyclist in front of me   
   until I was about 1/3 the way across.  I was able to slow down in time, but   
   it was close.   
      
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