🚀 go-pugleaf

>DATE:   Fri, 12 Feb 1993 17:29:22 GMT
>FROM:   Nancy Pinkerton <nancy@casbs.Stanford.EDU>

>I am a walker and a car driver.  I don't ride a bike, so I've
>always wondered WHY, when there is a nice, wide, marked bike
>lane available, do so many cyclists drive precicely on the
>white line separating the bike lane from the driving lane?

This is not intended as a flippant answer, but since I don't know the 
bicycle lane(s) you're referring to, I can only suggest that you try it 
sometime. Indeed, I think drivers generally would benefit from seeing 
the world (just for once) from other side of the tracks (the 
tire-tracks, that is -- the ones running up my back). 

When you do, you'll probably find that the bike lane is full of debris, 
or has those ugly drainage grates that seem designed to catch bicycle 
tires, or that it's full of runners, or that there are wrong-way 
cyclists in it (since there isn't a bike lane on the other side). In 
short, you'll find that there's a reason for this strange behavior, 
which won't have come to your attention inside the car.

--Michael Smith