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From: paulson@ihu1g.UUCP (Bill Paulson)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: Bicycles, Violence and Hatred
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Date: Thu, 30-May-85 13:11:57 EDT
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>                                             I'd like to say that as an
> instructor certified by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation, one of the lane
> position strategies we teach is positioning yourself such that you make
> it clear that you own the lane you are in and you are not going to share
> it with anyone.  I'm pretty religious about this and generally (unless
> there are considerations that make other positions safer) position myself
> just to the left of the center of the lane, putting myself directly in
> line with an automobile driver's line of sight.

While the idea of making other vehicles that share the road take notice
is equally applicable to motorcycles and bicycles, motorcycles and bikes
differ in that bicycles are often moving slower than the surrounding
traffic, often by as much as 15 miles per hour.  A car driver passing a
motorcycle in the same lane is clearly foolish; a driver passing a bike
in the same lane has some reasonable justification.  As a bike rider,
I'll assert my rights to a lane where it isn't safe for cars to pass,
for example at intersections, and move over to allow cars past when it
is safe.

			Bill Paulson
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			Bill Paulson
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