Ride single file or else

[Mitch]

 

[Kaleidopete]

I met some NY state county boys this weekend that don't like bicyclers.
They said the NY law is you CAN ride two abreast. True? I don't know.

 

[Pearl]

laws dont mean anything if your dead

 

[wonderturtle]

Saw this over the weekend. Apparently it's in some park where there are signs all over the place indicating that cyclists may take up the whole lane

 

[roc]

Wtf?

 

[Dingo]

The whole world HATES cyclist.

well at that is how I think when on the road.

Hope the bike guy is ok!

Pray the driver gets whats coming to him. karma is a bitch

 

[JimN]

That's pretty messed up. FYI, don't go on Youtube and read the comments.

 

[domo]

Damn. Rode after 7pm ringwood loop to lake then back on road to get to ryerson and that one mile ride people want to feed me to the curb. Asshats

 

[Supermoto]

Saw this over the weekend. Apparently it's in some park where there are signs all over the place indicating that cyclists may take up the whole lane

Park rules say to ride single file and as close to the shoulder as possible, with a few exceptions
https://www.nps.gov/natr/planyourvisit/safety-guidelines-fro-bicyclists.htm

I read that the driver was arrested

 

[Rusty]

until the entire world accepts this, I shall stay on trails:

 

[mstyer]

Park rules say to ride single file and as close to the shoulder as possible, with a few exceptions
https://www.nps.gov/natr/planyourvisit/safety-guidelines-fro-bicyclists.htm

I read that the driver was arrested

Only because one of the riders had a camera. What a sad state of affairs.

 

[Delish]

I've ridden on the Natchez Trace pretty much exactly where this happened. My recollection is that despite being a designated bicycle thoroughfare with pristine asphalt, there isn't much of a shoulder and cars are whizzing by quite a bit faster than the posted 45-50 mph speed limit. I also recall it was boring as shit. The side roads that crisscross the Trace are amazing though.

 

[roc]

That's pretty messed up. FYI, don't go on Youtube and read the comments.

I had to read the comments after your post. Wow, most of the people think the bike rider was an asshole, although, I would never side by side anywhere that's it's at all busy, the driver is clearly insane.

 

[domo]

http://wkrn.com/2017/07/08/cyclist-hit-by-car-in-williamson-county/

driver identified

 

[pooriggy]

arrest report, Neely said a man and woman were standing in the road and threw the bicycle at his car.

This guy should no longer be allowed to drive a car. There is no excuse.

 

[olegbabich]

Major fail by both parties.

If there is a clear shoulder, just keep right. This will resolve 50% of roadie issues.

 

[Monkey Soup]

The driver should be charged with attempted murder, plain and simple, don't drop the soap dude.

On the subject of riding single file, yea, one of the reason the world hates us. What's so hard about riding single file? Bullshit with your buddies over a beer after the ride. I lay on the horn also when I see this. Why I stopped going on group road rides, because there's always a couple of assholes blowing through lights or riding 2-3 abreast.

 

[rick81721]

until the entire world accepts this, I shall stay on trails:
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I was on some roads recently that have this - 2 lanes each way, lightly traveled and the right lane is designated for cyclists. Nice

 

[Paul H]

http://wkrn.com/2017/07/09/biker-wi...it-and-run-on-natchez-trace-thanks-community/

At the moment of the crash, Goodman said Noe was passing him.

“We rode single file almost all day. At the moment of that attack we were climbing a hill, we were almost done and he was coming up beside me to kind of take the lead.”

 

[stb222]

No excuse to hit the guy, but dudeman was waaaay in the lane, almost at the centerline. I am liberal with taking the lane, but this was pushing. Wether the law says you can do it or not, you don't push the boundaries on a road like this.