Why do they always put the bicycle lane in the most dangerous possible places?

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Does the government hate bicyclists and want to see them all die? In my town they put the freakin bicycle lane right BETWEEN the forward lanes of traffic and the right turn lane so that cars HAVE to cross it in order to turn right! And as if that's not dangerous enough, they require bicyclists to travel in the SAME direction of travel as the traffic! At least if the poor guy on the bike was FACING the car, he might have a chance to avoid it when the make up applying, cell phone talking, drunken dip sh!^ in the car with a screaming kid in the back seat is paying no attention to the road changes lanes RIGHT into him at 45 mph! When I was a kid they used to give safety classes on how to survive childhood and they always told us to look both ways before we cross the street, cover your mouth when you sneeze, and ride your bike in the OPPOSITE direction of the flow of traffic so you can SEE all the morons that are trying to kill you and at least TRY to avoid them! Why is it that once we become adults the rules for bicycles change into suicidal ideology?
And its not just the bicyclists who have to be pissed about this. When I'm driving my car I can't freaking stand it when some dufus in tight underwear is riding his bike down the street at 5 miles per hour with nothing between me and him but a couple of painted white lines. I say, get out of the dang street and ride the F ing bike on the dang sidewalk. I think the bikers and pedestrians dodging each other is a little less psychotic of a game then the bikers and cars trying to do the same.
With me or against me?
 
I could not agree more with mtlbiker. Read his answer and calm down. Is there a law that bikes have to use the bike lane -- if said bike lane is stupid? I will stick to riding on the right hand side of the right lane IN the same direction of traffic thank you.
 
As a cyclist on the road it is our job to aggressively defend ourselves by being hyper aware of our surroundings. Car doors open suddenly and without warning. Pedestrians walk in front of us. Debris and potholes come up quickly. Aggressive drivers seem to want to kill us.

These moments and more happen rarely but often enough that we maintain a vigilance. A bike will never win a battle against a car and we are well aware of that.

The white line that separates us is the same line that separates you from other cars. Drivers that do not understand this or respect it are a danger to society other drivers and bicyclists.

I have seen some bikers that demand there right of way and give all cyclists a bad name. Most of the time I see them when I am driving. If I see a cyclist behaving badly when I am riding he our she gets an earful from me explaining that there actions not only put them in danger but myself as well. I am not kind nor do I attempt to be eloquent when doing so.


The tight pants keep our jewels from being damaged from friction and are quite obviously not a fashion statement.The bright clothes are for visibility to give drivers behind us the chance to see us.

I grew up as a chilid in the sixties and seventies and our bikes were our transportation. I was at many bike saftey demonstrations at my elementry school put on by the police department. I never had insructions to ride facing trafiic. We were always told riding on the sidewalk was dangerous to pedestrians.

Riding on the sidewalk would surely endanger pedestrians. It would be less than fair for us to be on the sidewalk. I would not want to run into a child or any one else while riding and hurt them. The sidewalk was designed for them not us.

I understand your frustration. Please share the road.
 
City bike lanes may not be well thought out sometimes, but there is no way I am going down a sidewalk full of people at 17 to 23 mph. A lot of studies have been done and it IS safer to ride with traffic. In fact, you ARE traffic. It has been a long time since anyone, anywhere has been instructed, by someone paid to instruct people on these matters, to ride against traffic. So to answer your question, against you. By the way, with an attitude like that, I have a feeling you are not as avid a cyclist as you think you are.
 
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