23 October 2009
Respect on the Road
Posted by Andrea under: bikes; commuting; news; newspspers; road rage; safety .
http://www.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200991023024
This afternoon I talked to a man outraged about an article posted on the Reno Gazette Journal’s website. After attempting to reassure the man over the phone, I looked at the article and the comments readers posted below it. The article explains the issues that drivers and bikers have while sharing the roadways. Each group presented their own particular gripes, ranging from who gets the right-of-way to local Critical Masses. Both put each other at fault and blame.
The bottom line is we ALL need to respect each other while we are out on the road. Motorists need to be more considerate of bike riders and we bikers need to be obedient to the local laws and rules of the road. Reno and Sparks motorists and bikers must share the road. I was biking to the grocery store a few days, riding along the right side of the street near the sidewalk since there was no bike lane. While riding, a car nearly sideswiped me, inching so close I almost hit the side mirror. Fortunately, there was no accident or injury. Incidents like this and others can be prevented on both sides; we just need to take more care.
One Comment so far...
Chrissy Says:
4 November 2009 at 4:00 pm.
I have been riding in Reno now for about 2 years and I just thought that maybe the Reno Bike Project could create some type of education program to encourage all cyclists to learn the rules of the road for sharing the road as well. Not a week goes by that I am not sitting at a light (on my bike) waiting for it to change and some jackass cyclist without a helmet rides through the light right past me. We have an obligation to follow the traffic laws as well and as can be deduced from this article, cycling in Reno is not going to become any easier.
