I thought about this the other day. I think that people use "share the road" (both the slogan and the campaign) to dictate how cars and bikes should interact. I think that most people hear "share the road" and imagine several vehicles (cars, buses, bikes) riding side-by-side. I think this is a misconception. I'd say that the road is defined by the length of the surface, and the width is called the roadway. Sharing the road then means cars, bikes, etc traveling in single file lines. Sharing the roadway would amount to riding next to each other (in the same lane or otherwise). From these definitions of roadway, taking the entire lane on a bicycle still follows the with the notion of "sharing the road".
any thoughts?
Put someone who rides a bike
Put someone who rides a bike in office. Definition is left up to the dominant non-cyclist mentality. I recently had a judge advise me to ride on the side walk to avoid anymore confrontations with cars. I'm not holding my breath for the ATL to "get it".
funny how a judge was
funny how a judge was advising you to break the law in order to keep the peace.
I dunno... when I'm in a
I dunno... when I'm in a bike lane, I don't really feel like I'm sharing the road with cars; In that case I feel like we're each designated our own space. I have a "share the road" sticker on my car and I always felt that it was talking about 'normal' roads.
I have one of those share
I have one of those share the road yard signs hanging in my room and I stare at it all the time while going to sleep. Once thing I always notice is that the bike's rear wheel overlaps the car. It looks as if the car is coming up to the bike from behind and getting ready to pass it, which would inidicate they are about to share the "roadway".
Perhaps the Share The Road campaign made a Neil Armstrongian slip and meant to say "RoadWAY"