08-15-2019, 12:18 PM
(08-15-2019, 10:50 AM)Chris Wrote: Speaking of contraflow bike lanes.
This week I saw a guy ride the bike lane on the wrong side of the Manitou Dr from Fairway and almost got hit head on twice as he passed the MEC driveway. I thought I was going to see a ghost.
I see this behaviour a lot. It seems many riders think if there is a bike lane on the road you can ride in any direction. I've had people come at me head on a few times in the lanes on Margaret.
I'm happy to see the contraflow proceeding downtown, I've wanted to see that implemented for years.
I don’t understand this either. I once had somebody come right at me on University between Westmount and Keatsway, where the bike lane is between the straight through lane and the right turn lane onto Keatsway. In other words, he was right in the middle of traffic, in a location where people are expected to be changing lanes, riding against traffic. Utter lunacy, and (unusually) not of a sort that can be blamed on anybody but the rider.