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From: nessus@nsc.UUCP (Kchula-Rrit)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: left turns
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Date: Tue, 11-Jun-85 19:36:17 EDT
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>In article <605@intelca.UUCP> kds@intelca.UUCP (Ken Shoemaker) writes:
>>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.
>
> ...
>                                  The "when in doubt, become a
> pedestrian" is good advice.  In some states it's legal for a
> bicycle to make a left turn from the right lane by 1) crossing
> the street (like you're going straight) then 2) getting into
> the right lane of the cross street (and waiting for the light).
> ...

     I have ridden in Chicago(!) and Phoenix, two places which I do not
consider bicycle-friendly, using the above-mentioned method for approx
3 years without any problems.  Well, if the cross street was not busy...

				Kchula-Rrit