...and you thought your commute was dangerous?

[crazycanuck]

Ummm Auckland is waaaaaaaaayy worse Blech..Bicycle lanes painted green & noone pays attention!!!

No wonder we took up Mtn biking..mmm mtn bikin @ Woodhill...Rotovegas too

[DirtDiva]

I'm going to Rotovegas next month.

I've ridden down a lot of the roads in that clip and driven down all of 'em. Chch drivers are not patient! The biggest problems I have when out and about on two wheels all relate to people underestimating the speeds bikes travel at, and I've learned to be very assertive with my bike positioning at intersections so that I can be sure I have been seen. Notice how many bike lanes the guy had there to ride in though!

[Geonz]

"Engineering, Education and Enforcement." The bike lanes (when they're well designed and executed, whcih is anothe rissue) are only the engineering part.

[lph]

It was a bit hard to judge since we only got the field-of-view straight ahead, and if I'd been riding there myself I would have been scanning the side and rear view at regular intervals, but I felt he was riding a bit close to the side, almost in behind the parked cars instead of taking the lane. Which might explain some of the cars buzzing him - but not that honking huge bus passing him blinking left!

And the ones who swept across in front of him, of course... geez.

[DirtDiva]

Yeah, I think the guy definitely needs to take the lane more at intersections. and ride a bit further out from cars when there's no bike lane. Won't stop people driving dumbly, but it does force drivers to overtake properly rather than just squeeze past dangerously close by.