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Hwy 22 closed near Sorrento
Posted on 9/2/20 at 7:57 am
Posted on 9/2/20 at 7:57 am
Didnt see anything on news. But according to gas station detectives in area, a woman got ran over on a bicycle.
There's got to be some kind of law cause this shite happens way too often out here. 2 lane roads with no shoulders with speed limits around 45-55 mph. Crazy
There's got to be some kind of law cause this shite happens way too often out here. 2 lane roads with no shoulders with speed limits around 45-55 mph. Crazy
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Posted on 9/2/20 at 8:03 am to Higgysmalls
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Hwy 22 near Sorrento
Is no place to ride a bike.
This post was edited on 9/2/20 at 8:04 am
Posted on 9/2/20 at 8:04 am to Higgysmalls
quote:
There's got to be some kind of law cause this shite happens way too often out here. 2 lane roads with no shoulders with speed limits around 45-55 mph. Crazy
Which law? Posted speed limits?
Cyclist should follow the same rules of the road as a car, but they admittedly don't all the time.
Comes down to drivers speeding or not paying attention.
Is it dangerous and questionable considering America's lack of cycling smarts? Maybe...doesn't mean it should be outlawed.
Posted on 9/2/20 at 8:11 am to Sasquatch Smash
Yep. Bikes are legal on pretty much all non controlled access roads
Usually accidents happen because drivers are not paying attention or raging that this biker dare slow them down
Usually accidents happen because drivers are not paying attention or raging that this biker dare slow them down
Posted on 9/2/20 at 8:17 am to Cosmo
Just because it is legal doesn't mean it is smart.
Some roads are extremely dangerous for bikers and common sense by the biker would keep them safe.
Some roads are extremely dangerous for bikers and common sense by the biker would keep them safe.
Posted on 9/2/20 at 8:18 am to Higgysmalls
When will these cyclist learn..
quote:
Just because it is legal doesn't mean it is smart.
This post was edited on 9/2/20 at 8:19 am
Posted on 9/2/20 at 8:19 am to Higgysmalls
I think it's more a matter of crazy plant baws driving like lunatics to punch their time cards and paying attention to nothing else.
There are plenty of 2 laners in TX with 75mph limit.
There are plenty of 2 laners in TX with 75mph limit.
Posted on 9/2/20 at 8:19 am to Higgysmalls
quote:
There's got to be some kind of law cause this shite happens way too often out here. 2 lane roads with no shoulders with speed limits around 45-55 mph. Crazy
There is a law. Automobiles are to give the bicycle three-feet of passing clearance.
quote:
Louisiana requires that the operator of a motor vehicle, when overtaking and passing a bicycle proceeding in the same direction on the roadway, shall exercise due care while the motor vehicle is passing the bicycle and shall leave a safe distance between the motor vehicle and the bicycle of not less than three feet and shall maintain such clearance until safely past the overtaken bicycle. An operator of a motor vehicle may pass a bicycle traveling in the same direction in a no-passing zone only when it is safe to do so.
Source: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §32:76.1.
Posted on 9/2/20 at 9:26 am to NyCaLa
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There are plenty of 2 laners in TX with 75mph limit.
With wide-arse shoulders that are smoother than the travel lanes of LA highways. That locals pull over onto to allow faster drivers to pass safely.
Posted on 9/2/20 at 9:28 am to hawkster
Hwy 22 shoulders are 6 inches of gravel before the ditch. You couldn't pay me to ride a bike down that road.
Posted on 9/2/20 at 9:54 am to Higgysmalls
Was it the female droop?
Posted on 9/2/20 at 9:57 am to OysterPoBoy
I wonder if she had lights on her bike. It was still pretty dark when this happened.
So not a very smart decision to ride on that section of road to begin with, but in the dark?
She probably never felt a thing. That driver will have to live with that horror the rest of his/her life. Sad all the way around.
So not a very smart decision to ride on that section of road to begin with, but in the dark?
She probably never felt a thing. That driver will have to live with that horror the rest of his/her life. Sad all the way around.
Posted on 9/2/20 at 10:18 am to TigerNAtux
I never ride my bike on main roads.
Surprised at how many bikers pick heavily trafficked roads to ride on.
Surprised at how many bikers pick heavily trafficked roads to ride on.
Posted on 9/2/20 at 10:21 am to lnomm34
Yes there is a law, but what people don’t understand is, cyclists are supposed to follow the same rules as motorists. How often do you see people on bikes going against traffic? That is illegal according to state law, but no one pays attention. Also riding bikes in the turning lane is illegal. Again, see it all the time. If cyclists were given tickets some of it might stop.
Posted on 9/2/20 at 10:40 am to NyCaLa
quote:This,I drive that area daily and every day some welder in a stickered up 2500HD or F250 gets all jacked up on Pipeline Punch and blows coal past a line of vehicles in the straight a way between 936 and Melancon just so he can wait on the red light at Airline. If that was the case today I wish it'd been a garbage truck they hit instead of a bicyclist.
crazy plant baws driving like lunatics to punch their time cards
Posted on 9/2/20 at 11:17 am to Higgysmalls
Was this at Airline x Hwy 22 ? Or further west toward 1-10 ?
Posted on 9/2/20 at 2:45 pm to Klingler7
East going toward St. Amant. They closed it from the redlight at 61 all the way to Fisherman’s One Stop. Must have been a terrible scene.
Posted on 9/2/20 at 2:47 pm to Higgysmalls
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There's got to be some kind of law cause this shite happens way too often out here. 2 lane roads with no shoulders with speed limits around 45-55 mph. Crazy
That law you are thinking of is called “common sense”
Posted on 9/2/20 at 3:04 pm to Bayouboogaloocrew
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Also riding bikes in the turning lane is illegal. Again, see it all the time.
If you are talking about a left turn lane then I would like to see the statute. Where do you expect a cyclist to turn left from?
Posted on 9/2/20 at 3:07 pm to Higgysmalls
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2 lane roads with no shoulders with speed limits around 45-55 mph.
There may not be a shoulder in the entire parish. I'd love to ride a bike, but there's no way. You can't even walk safely.
Tragic
If you're dead, it doesn't matter how many laws exist about giving cyclists room....you're still dead.
This post was edited on 9/2/20 at 3:08 pm
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