especially when they have to go around the sign
This is as American as apple pie. In my city, they made the protected bike lanes so small that they can't get street sweepers in so they're filled with years is shit.
We have practically no bike lanes in my entire county. But there are a couple sections about a hundred feet long in different parts of the county. It's a start I guess?
That bike lane doesn't really look that safe anyway. With the amount of space it took, they could easily have installed more physical seperation like larger curbs, bollards, a line of trees. I don't even see the texturing they use on the asphalt to warn drivers they are exiting their lane. The current design offers no protection against drunk or distracted driving. Even something as simple as a car pulling over for a firetruck could result in a collision with a cyclist.
Which is why I always ride on the sidewalk. In my city the bike lane (assuming there is one) is separated by nothing but a line of paint. You'd have to be suicidal to use that shit.
That white car further down in the picture demonstrates exactly why you need protected bike lanes. For crying out loud you could fit two cars in that lane and they still can't stay inside it.
Why does it say "Lane Bike" on the road? Do people suddenly start reading from bottom to top when they're driving?
I think it's how they do it in America (I was watching a video of James May reviewing a cybertruck, and he commented on markings that say things like "Xing Pedestrian"). It makes a certain kind of sense, I suppose.
Lots of markings on roads follow this pattern. I think the logic is that the closer (bottom) text comes into focus first.
But yeah, when you look at it, it just looks backwards
The problem is that humans are not Xerox machines and we don't read by a direct line moving ahead of us, but instead we focus on objects. If the "LANE | BIKE" sign were separated by fifty feet it would be logical, as each line would be its own distinct object, but by having them so close it actually inhibits attribution.
I mean, I didn't even notice it was written backwards until these comments, so obviously some of us have already learned to read it that way.
fuckcars moment
There's an empty lane RIGHT THERE
So close
BIKES!
Classic.
Why am I not surprised that this is Dana Point...
I thought I recognized that road! You see this shit all over OC, but at least there are places to bike.
That bike lane is a place to bike in the same way a tightrope over some rapids is a bridge…
Same kinda genius who programs it with "KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD", but more dangerous.
AVOIDING THIS SIGN
