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From: kds@intelca.UUCP (Ken Shoemaker)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: left turns
Message-ID: <605@intelca.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 7-Jun-85 16:19:57 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun  7 16:19:57 1985
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I'm kinda new to this, so please bear with me...when riding in this area
it sometimes becomes useful to turn left (suprised?).  However, there are
a couple of problems with this:

1) most left turns around here have sensors in the street, so they don't
	change unless something large and metalic is sitting on them.
	(although I have been able to get some of these to change!)

2) there are some places where there is a left turn lane and a left/straight
	lane, which lane to use?

In either of these two cases, you usually end up stuck inbetween two lanes
of whatever, a situation where I personally don't feel too comfortable...
I suppose one option would be just to get off, and walk the bike through
the crosswalk, which I also do, even though I am a vehicle.  Anyway, what 
is the general consensus as to how to approach this problem?
-- 
It looks so easy, but looks sometimes deceive...

Ken Shoemaker, 386 Design Team, Intel, Santa Clara, Ca.
{pur-ee,hplabs,amd,scgvaxd,dual,qantel}!intelca!kds
	
---the above views are personal.  They may not represent those of Intel.