Welcome... first time I've seen you on...
 -=> Quoting Corey Cook to All <=-
 CC> Last summer my brother and a friend of our decieded to take a bike
 CC> ride up about a 10 km back road here in vernon and you wouldnt believe
 CC> how scared drivers were of us we riding about 2 to 6 feet from the road
 CC> varying along the road and it didnt matter how far away from the road
 CC> we were every one crossed the center line when passing us some of them
 CC> went a little off of the other side of the road i couldnt believe it
 CC> since then i have been doing a lot more bikeing and notised that even
 CC> if i was riding on the side walk they do move over slightly.
Having not met you, don't take anything as personal... please:-)
But in the year and a half I've been around Vernon, I haven't noticed that
very many EITHER CYCLE or DRIVE all that well, PERIOD.
The good news is that MOST seem to TRY to get along with one another...
the bad news is that MOST seem to only have a really vague idea of how to do
that.
I was having a bit problem getting a clear picture of your scenario... but I
think you were saying that you were riding OFF of the road surface varying
from 2 to 6 feet away...
Consider this... how often have you seen another person on a bike just decide
to come out onto the road without looking... happens here all the time...
You admit to some weaving... I'll put that to being due to terrain and
obstacles... for now... off of the road...
CanBike teaches (as well as real life) that the operator of any vehicle, 
ikes
included, has to make choices governing the operation of their vehicle...
and to do so early enough to avoid any accident...
One of the warning signs is erratic (read: weaving) operation... this
usually means to the driver/cyclist... DANGER, STAY AWAY, AVOID at ALL 
OSTS..
etc... THIS GUY IS NOT IN CONTROL, so I must compensate...  get the 
cture...
Simply put... cyclists who operate anywhere around CARS and TRUCKS etc...
must display full control and awareness at all times... even to an 
xageration
level...   Drivers of vehicles, must display control and awareness at all 
ime
when around the operators of other vehicles... (even though BC law states it
vaguely, trust me BIKES ARE VEHICLES...) and ALL are bound to operate safely.
On or off road...
The amazing thing out here, is that -as YOU said- MANY drivers are TOO 
autiou
for their own good... I've watched in horror as a car pulled way off to pass
me with no regard to the car coming the other way... or even parked... or
a totally blind hill or corner... and that is VERY dangerous for all... US
included... that other guy may swerve or go out of control coming toward 
...
The right thing is to ride controlled and to drive controlled and not over
react... but that is hard for many... and too few remember that the passer
has full responsibility to do that move safely  regardless of what the 
ehicle
is...  Anyway I suspect that some of the more detailed solutions could be
moved to a local chat area, and I'll try that... Maybe it's time to get a 
oca
cycling area with our sysops.. and save the wear on the interational echo...
for international subjects...
 
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