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From: lanin@csd2.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Bicycles, Violence and Hatred: tickets
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Date: Thu, 25-Apr-85 11:27:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 25 11:27:00 1985
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>Reasons why you shouldn't pass cars on the right at a light:
>
>You are breaking traffic regulations
>You are unecessarily creating hostility towards other cyclists
>You give motorists an excuse to run you off the road
>You may get run over by someone turning right
>It is difficult to see you and an unexpected move
   therefore it is harder for the auto driver to avoid having an accident

The second and third reasons are effects, not causes. As for the first,
is it really illegal? I know that on a road with two lanes going each way,
there is often a line of cars in the left lane at an intersection waiting
to make a left turn. If I am driving a car in the right lane, am I supposed
to stop behind the last standing car in the left lane??? Does any driver
do this??? I may be wrong, and so would like to know if it really is illegal.
As for the fourth and fifth arguments, I am pretty sure the best place for a
bike to be is where it is seen by the cars around it. At an intersection,
Such a place is to the right and in front of the front car standing at
the intersection, where he can't make a right turn without immediately
bumping into your rear wheel. That's my opinion, anyway.

					Vladimir Lanin
					{ihnp4, allegra}!cmcl2!csd2!lanin