Comments on: Another Bikecommuters.com Reader Makes the News!

By: George

George — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:57:41 +0000

Encouraging article. I just started (1st of June)
commuting by bike. I have 8.3 miles through the country in the Goldsboro, NC area. I truely love. I’m doing for my health more so than economics. I turn sixty next monthand have decided I’d rather die in the saddle rather than a nursing home. (Drop 6 lbs this month). Keep riding.

By: mremann83

mremann83 — Thu, 29 May 2008 19:55:19 +0000

Watch out for Patrick Ballard!

By: Iron Man

Iron Man — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:40:14 +0000

In Missouri it’s written into the DOT law that a cyclist can signal a turn either with the left as you did or pointing with the right. Which leads me to wonder if some states do not allow right hand signals. I doubt highly that a cop would pull over a cyclist for signaling with the right arm, but you never know when a Barney Fife type is around.

By: Ghost Rider

Ghost Rider — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:18:01 +0000

My favorite is to just point the direction — right turn with right hand, left turn with left hand. No ambiguity there, especially because motorists vaguely (at best) remember those signals from THEIR driver’s ed classes way back when.

By: ragged claws

ragged claws — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:53:31 +0000

Hey Iron Man et. al., thanks for the good words. They got a hold of me through my LBS (Cadence in Mobile, and it is a great place). It seems likely that I am the only bicycle commuter that they know of who doesn’t work at the bike store. My sense is that it was a slow news day and someone got a whiff of the national bike to work day promotions going on.

Quick question: is there another way to signal a right turn that I should know of? I just remember the signals from my driver’s education class ten thousand years ago.

By: shishi

shishi — Sun, 18 May 2008 21:10:03 +0000

Good positive segment

By: Iron Man

Iron Man — Sun, 18 May 2008 00:21:53 +0000

Way to represent! Love the old school left hand signal for the right turn. How did they contact you for the piece? Did they flag you down while riding one day? Did you contact them?

By: Henry

Henry — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:37:46 +0000

Great job Chris!

On another note, I’ll say it for you guys: “I told you so!” If gas prices would go up, more people would look to non-car transportation methods. I wonder what’s the stats here in Los Angeles area… I have a feeling that people here are very resistant to changing their ways…