HallowellNashOf Course You Can't Bike to Work
Inevitable Waffles [Ohio]I’m about five mikes from my work with OK bike infrastructure to get there. My problem is every dickhead rolling coal on a lifted F350 seems to think I’m worth 500 points. Until they either protect the biking infrastructure or hit these people with massive vehicles some real pentalities for driving like idiots, I’ll have to keep using my car for safety.
I sometimes bike to work (~15 miles each way), but fortunately to have a trail I can take a good chunk of the ride to work.
Unfortunately I get off after-dark and its closed (I wouldn't ride it at night even if it were technically open), so stuck riding a sometimes poorly lit stroad for a five-mile stretch home that's down to 1-lane much of the way because of never-ending construction with no shoulder or bike lane (plus stroads most of the other 10 miles home). I couldn't recommend the ride to anyone until the construction is gone. Would be great if they'd put some protected bike lanes there though, but given the trails available during the day, non-night riders and non-bike commuters would probably feel like its redundant.
I recommend getting some bright lights. I have a 350 lumens rear light that makes my bike more visible than most vehicles.
Switch to using an ebike this year, so it has its built in light, I have another rear light that blinks (not very bright and turned so its not directly facing drivers), and recently got a helmet with a front and rear light. Also wear bright clothes and have reflective stickers on my bike and stripes on pannier. I still don't trust some of the cars given passing in-lane is the only option for them to pass and the lane is too narrow for that.
in-lane is the only option for them to pass and the lane is too narrow for that.
In this case the correct thing to do legally is to take the whole lane, but I get that having cars honking at you is stressful.