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JDPriestly

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8. Generally, pedal bikes should not be on freeways. I'm assuming that these four-lane roads are
Fri Aug 16, 2013, 01:03 PM
Aug 2013

freeways or similar to freeways. Pedal bikes don't go fast enough to be on those roads.

Second, in LA, as I think it should be everywhere, most traffic is neither fast nor slow but just flowing with the predominant speed. That is the traffic that should be in the middle lane in my view.

The slow traffic goes to the right of the driver. The faster traffic goes to the left. But since some people think they are going the same rate of speed as other traffic when they are actually going slower, and even worse, some people think they are going a faster speed and are really going slower, it is good to allow passing in all lanes.

In LA, the traffic weaves in and out. People watch for other drivers. That is what rear-view mirrors and side-view mirrors are for. We watch out as we drive.

Also, we have speed limits. Speeding does get ticketed.

Our system works really well considering we have a lot of traffic on the road and not that many patrol cars. Don't need them that much.

There are accidents in LA, but I don't see nearly as many as you would expect considering the volume of traffic.

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