Subj : Dash cams
To   : RON LAUZON
From : JOE MACKEY
Date : Wed Jan 06 2021 05:56:28

  Ron wrote --

> But I have to say that I've seen cyclists do bad things on their bikes too.

  Oh, absolutely.  I see things like that nearly every day (go through red
lights, etc).  These give everyone on bikes a bad name.

> The cyclists that I've talked to like to say "bikes have the same rights on the road as cars", to which I respond "Correct and they have the same responsibilities and have to follow the same rules."  

  Yep.
  One time I got into a "discussion" with a driver who had nearly caused me
to wreck when he cut me off.  In gist he said bikes were to be on sidewalks. 
I said no, on the street.
  I found the rules and regs for bikes for WV on the DMV website and
printed that off and carried it with me for a couple of years.  Never had a need
to use it.
  Many years ago I was coming home from work, stopping at red lights, etc.
  At my corner I was pulled over by a old city cop.  This guy must of been
one of the first officers the city hired 150 years ago.
  He said that bikes were to be stopped at red lights, WALKED through
intersections, and then ridden onto the next corner.
  I told him that was the dumbest thing I had ever heard.  And I checked on
this (long before the internet) and could find no such ordinance or state
law.
   A funny thing did happen.
   He asked where I lived and he had pulled me over literally right in
front of my apartment.  I pointed across the street and said "there".
   Don't get smart with me boy, he growled, and asked to see my license.  
   He then looked it, across the street and back to the license, gave me a
dirty look and handed it back to me.  :)

> Of course, the number of drivers I've seen out there who don't know the rules are... well..  I'm good at math, but I can't count **that** high.

  You and me both.  :)

> I know that I won't ride my bike on the roads around here.  I'll drive my bike to the local trail and go from there.

  We have bike lanes on some streets but many motorists ignore them.
  I also see a lot of drivers who think the left turn lane is some some of
express lane to go through intersections.
  
> I remember a Kickstarter project that was a horn for a bike that sounded just like a car horn.  Worked really good too.  8)

   LOL.
   Joe
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