Farmers ask for ordinance against bicycling on roads

[Geonz]

Our "bike lane" system is also inherently unsafe. Much of that is, I believe, because since they were put in, roads have been changed withouth a thought given to the effect on bicycle traffic. Some of it's just lousy design - nice path ... oops, it ends. Where I'd have to go across a busy road, against traffic... or the place where the bicycle lane goes right between a bus stop and the shelter for it... a very *busy* bus stop where the shelter is generally overflowing... onto the bike path... even when nobody is loading and unloading which is frequent because it's a busy bus stop.

[youflygirl]

I spent much of my life in Minneapolis which is very nice for the biker: bike paths and wide roads with shoulders practically everywhere.

Now I live in York County, Virginia and it pretty much sucks. All the towns and cities around here are designed for motorists - not pedestrians or cycists. Narrow roads, no shoulders to speak of, very few sidewalks and only on the main drag, ...buses run once an hour, so if you don't have a car you're SOL...

Having said that, I live in a large residential area with lots of kids who consistently bike down the wrong side of the road, don't wear helmets, wear dark clothing when biking at night, etc. And you can't point out to them what they're doing wrong because you're 30 years older than they are and they pay no attention...

But the real loons are a handful of skateboarding teens who seem to like to play chicken in the middle of the road with oncoming cars...that's gonna end in tears one of these days, I'm sure...