Bike lane obstructions across the country
I ran into a post over at blog.cyclosity.com regarding UPS trucks that apparently continue to park in bike lanes. The whole idea of bike lane obstructions is probably something that most commuters are familiar with.
One of the most important rules of being safe while riding in traffic is to be consistent and predictable. You are at much higher risk if getting tangled up with a car a you move out of the bike lane than you are while riding in the bike lane – or even out of the bike lane and in traffic. This is one of the common mistakes made by newer commuters. You will see folks that will take every opportunity to get as far right next to the curb as possible – say, in a stretch of road where there are not as many parked cars. Unfortunately, this forces them to move out into traffic when they come up to a parked car.