Since we unicyclist, pretty much get to make up our own traffic laws; I thought
I’d pose this question to the group. When riding in the street. Should one ride
with traffic, as on a bicycle, or facing traffic as a pedestrian.
I did not see this in the faq. My apologies if this question has been discused
before. I know most of you prefer to ride on the sidewalk, as do I, but this is
not always possible.
Mark
Re: traffic question?
> Should one ride with traffic, as on a bicycle, or facing traffic as a
> pedestrian.
I always ride with the traffic - I fear I wouldn’t last long in London on the
other side of the road…
If the road is quiet I ride right in the middle because riding along the side of
a steeply cambered road makes me lean over to the side in a way which is
uncomfortable - especially if I am carrying a spare uni or a bag of hockey
sticks on my shoulder.
A friend went to Malta on holiday and noticed a level of anarchy in the way the
traffic moved. He asked a taxi driver, who said “Some countries drive on the
left, some drive on the right. In Malta we drive in the shade.”
Stay on top, on the white line, or in the shade!
Peter
Peter Philip Workshop and Team Practice (all welcome) of the LUNIs 8-9.30pm
every school-term Wednesday London's Unicycle Hockey Team Acland Burghley School
Burghley Road peterp@foe.co.uk (opposite Tufnell Park tube) All views expressed
are my own London NW5 United Kingdom
Re: traffic question?
> a backstreet, I tend to ride facing the traffic - but I will choose
the problem with facing the traffic is that the crazy people with the
training wheels on their unicycles (ie. bicyclists) tend to come at you
head on! this can be a very messy situation.
just my $.02
chris lamb
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Re: traffic question?
In a message to the list, Mark “Qdot” wrote:
> Since we unicyclist, pretty much get to make up our own traffic laws; I
> thought I’d pose this question to the group. When riding in the street. Should
> one ride with traffic, as on a bicycle, or facing traffic as a pedestrian.
I prefer to ride on the footpath/sidewalk, obviously. If I do ride on a
backstreet, I tend to ride facing the traffic - but I will choose the side with
greatest visibility for the drivers, even if that means riding with traffic
coming from behind me.
Riding on the side without parked cars is another good rule. Many people were
never taught to “look out for unicyclists when opening car doors” when they
were children.
Julian
– Julian Orbach (julian@cs.uq.oz.au) – University of Queensland,
Brisbane, Australia