Re: Road riding question

["Duncan Fletcher" <dfletche@gte.net>]

That depends on the jursidiction, and in some the answer is murky. As to the
original problem, you can do what bicyclists are taught to do if they have
to travel in a single lane situation - they move over to "take the road" and
prevent someone from trying to squeeze by.

For the most part, folks are pretty good out our way.

Duncan Fletcher
dfletche@gte.net


----- Original Message -----
From: superpat <superpat@gateway.net>

> I was very surprised to read in (I think it was) John Lyons The Perfect
> Horse magazine that with reference to classification for highway use,
horses
> are in the same category as pedestrians and thus should travel facing
> traffic. Bicycles on the other hand are considered as vehicles and should
> travel with traffic. So it was with trepidation that I rode facing traffic
> on a much traveled hwy (Hwy 66 in Oregon) when I had to get to my dressage
> lessons while my trailer was being repaired (a story for sometime later on
> the subject of lending your trailer out). Late morning traffic consists of
> logging trucks, construction vehicles as well as the normal run of pickups
> and sedans. I was pleasantly surprised to find that almost to a fault,
> drivers not only slowed but many would drive into the other lane when
> possible.
> Facing traffic, I was able to establish eye contact, and nod a thank you.
My
> horse did not seem to be bothered as I had suspected she might be.You
might
> give this a try, Rhonda.




=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net.    
Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/RideCamp   
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=