This is called lane filtering. It’s very safe and is nothing like lane splitting. Essentially, if vehicle traffic is travelling under 10km/h, you can just pedal on past said traffic.
It’s also a wonderful way of making those drivers envious of your freedom on awesometacular bicycle of yours! Get out there and show drivers how much fun biking is! Cheers 🙂
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🎥 GoPro 7 used in this video
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🎤 Wireless Lav Mics (I use the old Sennheiser G3 setup)
Drivers really don't anticipate people going cyclist speed on the sidewalk. Last March, when my bus was turning from Bradley to Adelaide, I saw this one dude I'd always see riding on the sidewalk laying on the road. My guess is he got hit by a card turning right onto Bradley.
I have got news for you. Most cars are not looking for you on the road either. And you are supposed to abide by the flow of car traffic.
if you have the vision to check car traffic you have the vision to check pedestrian traffic
A door opens and you are finished.
I refuse to ride in the bike lanes on my bike!!! All accidents from roads are swept into those lanes. Never picked up just pushed out of the main roadway..
infRastructure
Filtering on the passenger side used to be (still is?) recommended in the UK. I don't think it's safe though, drivers are too prone to move towards the passenger side without looking. They think that side is "safe" because you won't get another car there. That's why passing on the passenger side is generally illegal on multilane roads. As a motorcyclist I learnt to filter on the driver side (filtering is legal in UK) and I've followed the same practice over onto the pedal bike. It's not hard to move across if the traffic starts moving.
>cycling on the sidewalk is more dangerous because cars aren't looking for you
Bro what? Cars aren't driving on the sidewalk
I am too old to be riding my bike on my sidewalk. I do prefer riding in the street.
they need to clean the bike lanes and fix the potholes
There's a sidewalk? Where
99% of the time no one is stopping you from riding the sidewalk.
As a bike commuter, I love when car traffic is backed up like this, it makes roads a lot safer to ride on. And I get to feel all smug because I don't have to wait and they all do 😛
A collision on the side walk is MILES safer than one on the road
The new generation needs a bike riders for dummies manual
Just buy a car.
Come to Switzerland 😊 we are open for bikes and it's beautiful ❤️
Try india its much harder 😂
We don't need better bike infrastructure, we just need to reduce the amount of cars!
use the bike lane chump
Not to mention that the sidewalks tend to be in worse conditon than the street and sometimes even end abruptly
I love the intersection trick, there was 1 where I used to live no bike infrastructure and a narrow busy bridge, just past a very busy high traffic intersection.
I would wait about 2 third the way back to the previous intersection in a driveway or a parking lot, and the second it went green I'd start towards the intersection, getting to it just before it turns red after all the traffic has cleared and before turning traffic is released, with enough momentum to propel myself up the bridge before the light turned green for turning traffic allowing me to being the easy desent as traffic entered the bridge again
Never had to slow them down, and had the 4 lane bridge practically to myself (and never ran a red light)
This is London, Ontario, Canada; biking on the sidewalk is illegal.
You know if you’re on the sidewalk and someone is coming and they don’t move ride on the grass…
Cheapside is always so backed up too at Adelaide 😅
Cars arent looking for you on the the sidewalk cause they drive on the street..🤔 when you get to an intersection slow down and go when safe
As a fellow Londoner, please amplify it for the other cyclists: Stay off our sidewalks! So many cyclists in this community refuse to follow any rules, and then they complain that the streets are too dangerous….
Me too
If there was a Bic lane you would be to far to left any way
It's absolutely safer to bike on side walk… not even debatable. What's more dangerous, a bicycle hitting a walker or bicycle getting hit by a car?? You're crazy for saying the road is safer.
My bike got stolen by fentanyl addicts 😡
Move to Europe if you love bikes, stop complaining about America and how we want to do things
No. You're supposed to wait in line. This little action is illegal.
Communism
I almost got hospitalized by a robust, rotund individual flying down a hill on their bike. They thought it would be a good idea to ride downhill, not making a single noise, on a sidewalk, and just hope they missed me. Made me a supporter of bicycle infrastructure in a heartbeat.
Roads are for vehicles, not pedestrians. I get that technically, bicycles are somehow considered vehicles even without the responsibility and requirements. The safest place for all involved is for cyclists to remain on the sidewalk.
If you insist on riding in the roadway, you must obey all traffic laws at all times. including the flow of traffic, direction, and lane management.
Also, remember that in most places you are required to walk your bike across any street.