I ride through that intersection every day during my
daily commute. one thing I try to do with cars making
the right turn is to make eye contact, whenever
possible.

not sure that relocating the bike lane would solve the
problem in this case. blue oaks crossing over with hw
65 really does need a restripping.

I agree there needs to be some effort to reach out to
the driver community to do some education on bike
awareness (how?). Another example: last week I almost
got ran over by a pick up truck and got the following
comment as he was passing me: "use the sidewalk!".

Pascal


--- scottmarer <scottmarer@...> wrote:

> You are very lucky and I am glad you were able to
> walk away...
>
> I would agree that riding closer to the curb would
> be a safer option
> and one would avoid being hit from a merging car...
> However one still
> has to cross the merge lane at some point - when and
> where would that
> be crossing occur? I am not sure what the answer
> is...
>
> I think Rosevillians need to be more aware of
> bicyclists - the numbers
> of riders appear to be increasing while the vehicle
> traffic is not
> aware of this "new" partner on the road. I also feel
> that the city is
> not fostering safety with with posted speed of
> traffic - 45mph is
> still too fast for city streets - the speed of
> traffic is not enforced...
>
> Perhaps if the speed of traffic was slower AND
> enforced AND the
> drivers were more aware of bicyclists, then this
> event would not have
> occurred?
>
> Just some thoughts...
>
> - Scott
>
>




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