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Date: Thu, 23 Oct 1997 23:07:40 -0600
From: Gary Richardson <rencom@micron.net>
To: "smartgrowth@onenw.org" <smartgrowth@onenw.org>,
'Kathy Roos' <kroos@cyberhighway.net>
Subject: Wrong-Way Riding=20
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Are there arrows in the bike lanes indicating the proper direction of trave=
l? Arrows are a good reenforcement of the law.=20
Believe it or not, some people were actually taught in school, as well as b=
y many parents, to ride facing traffic. Of course that's no excuse, just a =
possible explanation.=20
A rash of enforcement would also be helpful since it would spread the word =
quickly to others about what's proper.=20
Just some thoughts upon my return from Dan Burden's National Highway Instit=
ute course in Helena on Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety and Accommodation,
BTW, the problem is also pervasive in Boise, where there is virtually no po=
lice enforcement of cycling law-breakers.
Gary Richardson
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>>=09But lest I get too upbeat and positive, I have also noticed several
>>bikers in Moscow evidently competing for stupid-biker-of-the-year award;
>>riding in the street in the wrong lane (facing oncoming traffic- and I
>>don't mean in the designated bike lanes). What happened to the Moscow
>>P.D.'s 'get tough' policy? Guess it only applies to cars.
>>Jo Williams
>>tajs@potlatch.com
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>Thanks, Jo for the opening. As an avid bicyclist I have been disappointed
>with a large number of fellow riders who have been riding against traffic
>in the new bike lanes on Sixth Street in Moscow. It's as if once a person
>climbs onto a bike they forget to stay on the right side of the road. I
>have made two complaints in as many weeks to the Moscow PD: once to the
>dispatcher, and once to a patrol officer (who, by the way, told me to
>report it to the campus police station as if the campus station were a
>separate law enforcement agency... the officer told me this as we both
>watched another bicyclist ride by on the wrong side of the road).
>
>This problem is particularly prevalent along Sixth Street between the SUB
>and the UI power plant where the lane is striped only on one side. I have
>stopped to talk to a few bicyclists who ride on the wrong side of the road=
,
>and many of them just seem clueless. It would be a welcome sight to see
>Moscow Bike Officers out doing some education work along that road, and
>within the police department.
>
>Tom
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