I appreciate the support, but If you mean you regularly ride against traffic, that may appear as though it is "safer" but it assuredly is not. If done now and then on a short wide road to avoid a lengthy or potentially dangerous go-around, perhaps (sidewalk might be best in this case).
You could argue any bending of the rules will lead to anarchy, I don't think that is the case. Habitually riding against traffic would in fact induce anarchy if a reasonable portion of cyclists decided that was a good idea in the belief it was safer. On Saturday, February 1, 2020 at 11:50:36 AM UTC-5, Ahmed Elgasseir wrote: > > I agree with Mark - “so might as well take a few prerogatives!” To that > end, and at the risk of sounding even more like a guy “giving cyclists a > bad name”, I routinely “salmon” cycle up the street in the opposite > direction of the cars. > I’ve been shoved off the road too many times, and hit once, by cars not > paying attention, texting, or even just driving vindictively. I’d rather > see what is coming, pull over for oncoming cyclists when needed and live to > ride another day. > > Ahmed in Sillycon Valley > > On Sat, Feb 1, 2020 at 7:06 AM Kent Peterson -- Eugene, Oregon < > kent...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > >> On the subject of sidewalk riding, I wrote this back in 2011. I think it >> still holds up. >> >> >> https://kentsbike.blogspot.com/2011/12/pounced-with-fire-on-flaming-roads.html >> >> Kent Peterson >> Eugene, OR USA >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/87d3fc07-9a38-404e-81be-b2f5d76ea634%40googlegroups.com >> . >> > -- > > *Ahmed Elgasseir* > > Department Chair, Visual and Performing Arts > > > *Castilleja School* > > 1310 Bryant Street > <https://maps.google.com/?q=1310+Bryant+Street+Palo+Alto,+CA.+94301&entry=gmail&source=g> > > Palo Alto, CA 94301 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=1310+Bryant+Street+Palo+Alto,+CA+94301&entry=gmail&source=g> > > > P (415) 654-7977 > > E aelga...@castilleja.org <javascript:> > > www.castilleja.org > > > Follow us on Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/castilleja_school/> | > Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/CastillejaSchool/> | Twitter > <https://twitter.com/CastillejaNews> | LinkedIn > <https://www.linkedin.com/school/castilleja-school/> > > > *Women Learning. Women Leading. * > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f46daa8f-a8b5-463e-9874-4db22bc22e81%40googlegroups.com.
