From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 06/02/2015 11:34 AM, Larry Scholnick wrote:   
   > I'm sure you've all seen the trend to mark a lane as shared between   
   > bicycles and motor vehicles.  Some such lanes even post a sign   
   > "Bicycles may use entire lane".   
   >   
   > I recently encountered such a situation in which the city (Thousand   
   > Oaks, CA) painted a depiction of a bicycle on the pavement (near the   
   > right edge of the lane) every couple of hundred feet; in doing this,   
   > they used extra thick paint so that drivers would hear a thump each   
   > time they drove over a painted bicycle.   
   >   
   > I hope they didn't do this as a way to get drivers used to running   
   > over bicycles!   
   >   
   > Zoom, zoom, zoom, ka-thump, zoom, zoom, zoom, ka-thump.   
      
   Wait until it rains -- the extra-thick paint becomes a slipNslide.   
   Pasadena used that to mark the white line between the traffic lane and   
   the bicycle lane.   
      
   The world would be a much better place if assholes and idiots weren't in   
   control.   
      
   We've been driving down to TJ for dental work for the last several   
   weeks.  Every time I see a yellow vette I wonder about Scott.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Bev   
      "It's important to never be arrogant. Especially if you're one   
       of the little people whose opinion doesn't matter."     --Rat   
      
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