Biker-created bike lane

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By Luke Iseman
Posted 2009/01/22 @ 3:12 pm
Category Fun & Games

The right thing to do when there are no bike lanes on a road you ride is lobby your local government to create them. The quicker (and cooler) thing to do is project your own. Hence the Light Lane: a biker-centric bicycle lane. No step-by-step instructions yet (or, for that matter, evidence one has been built), but still a great bike-safety project!

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9 Responses to Biker-created bike lane

zof on January 23rd, 2009 at 4:36 pm said:

Here’s art meets protest meets innovation. I like it good idea.

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TheOneEyedMan on January 23rd, 2009 at 4:55 pm said:

I’m seeing a bunch of double posting today (including this article). Are having a problem?

Also, is there a way to avoid seeing duplicate posts that appear in hackzine and makezine?

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Pelrun on January 23rd, 2009 at 8:27 pm said:

I don’t think so – no helmet, no reflectors, dark clothing – how is a car supposed to see him?

In any case, the projected markings would be washed out by a car’s headlights…

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Anonymous on January 23rd, 2009 at 8:57 pm said:

I think this is more of an illustration. The lines are in exactly the right place even though the bike doesn’t look quite straight and the bike rider icon seems to be perfectly square with the bottom of the photo. Based on the apparent projector location I suspect there might be shadow problems with bike and rider.

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rob0 on January 24th, 2009 at 7:56 am said:

@Pelrun – you’re right the original posting made it sound like a good idea, but for anyone who’s tried to use a laser in daylight knows it doesn’t work very well – a car’s headlights will quickly wash it out.

The rider would be much better off with a helmet, headlight, and blinking taillight. I’ve worked on a number of bicycle accident cases and far too many of them that happen at night involve bikes without those simple, and in many places legally, required items (many don’t even have reflectors on them).

I guess it’s a neat concept – that’s why I clicked on the link, but for anyone who MAKES things would quickly realize this concept can’t be brought to fruition.

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Anonymous on January 24th, 2009 at 11:32 am said:

you could also try riding where there are bike lanes and not taking up road space.

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Anonymous on January 25th, 2009 at 8:27 am said:

Anonymous, you could also try sharing the road with the people who have a legal right to use it.

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screaminscott on January 25th, 2009 at 7:05 pm said:

As much as it irritates me, bikes are legally allowed to use the same roads as cars.

Personally, I would like to see this law changed, since bikes can rarely move at the speed of other traffic, and therefore cause (in my opinion) a traffic hazard.

But for now, the law is the law.

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matchees on January 31st, 2009 at 4:33 am said:

as for berlin conditions i am allways faster with the bike then a car…… we have kind of a good bike lane system but not everywhere in town. there is just less trafic jam with bikes… its wonderull. i use all the roads available… keeps you in shape as well.

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