Bicycle Driver course

In article <mkJBc.68561$2i5.21992@attbi_s52>,

Claire Petersky said:

Perhaps of interest:

homepage.mac.combicycle driverOpen ↗

Comments?

Very nicely done. Very readable -- much more than that
irritatingly obscured thing some folx do with black print on
a dark blue background. Is this a work in progress, in which
you have a hand?

All those links at the top might do better in a list at the
left side -- maybe in a scrollable frame of their own, or
maybe not. I guess that's for future consideration.

But I don't have QuickTime, nor whatever *nix clone of it. I
haven't looked at it in Lynx yet.

Quoted message said:

(the picture on the front page of this site is an
intersection I go through nearly every day on the way
to work)

<sigh> I've just gotta post some pix, myself. One of
these days ...

cheers, Tom

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Quoted message said:

In article <mkJBc.68561$2i5.21992@attbi_s52>,

Quoted message said:

Is this a work in progress, in which you have a hand?

I have met the author -- he's in my bike club -- and chatted
with him a few times. We share some opinions on having a
positive, cooperative attitude in traffic. But I have had no
part in the development of this site. He sent me this link
as a work in progress, so if you have comments, you can send
them to me and I'll pass them along to him. I warned him
that I would send the link on to, I don't know, 50 - 60
billion of my closest friends, and that he should expect a
lot of hits on the site in the near future.

I got a big kick out of the site, if only because there are
streets videoed that I have ridden on many, many times. In
one section he shows the right way to handle an intersection
I've ridden through, easily, 100 times/year, and it's
satisfying to see my techniques vindicated :-). The videos
of cyclists going through the four-way stop from the
viewpoint of the motorist behind them is also a cool section
-- it really brings it out how important lane positioning
and predictability are.

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Nice site.

Other than the positive attitude stuff I'm not sure what
distinguishes this from garden variety Effective
Cycling, however.

Robert

In article <[email hidden]>,

(R15757) said:

Nice site.

Other than the positive attitude stuff I'm not sure what
distinguishes this from garden variety Effective Cycling,
however.

I imagine much of the content as well as the target audience
are specific to the Seattle area, so it'll be sort of tailor-
made for people taking that particular course.

Effect Cycling does seem to be quite conducive to local
refinements in EC-based courses. There may be an
advantage to using familiar streets in examples, rather
than generic diagrams.

The animation could be a very useful tool. I suppose one
movie is worth a thousand pictures.

cheers, Tom

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Peek-aboo cycling... I do that! Thanks for the heads up!

I like the little videos, perhaps he should have them as
separate choices - high res / low res / slide show

Very good!

take care Liz

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 22:30:42 GMT, "Claire Petersky" <cpetersky@mouse-

potato.com said:

Perhaps of interest:

homepage.mac.combicycle driverOpen ↗

Comments?

(the picture on the front page of this site is an
intersection I go through nearly every day on the way to
work)

Tom Keats wrote:
:: In article <mkJBc.68561$2i5.21992@attbi_s52>, "Claire
:: Petersky" <[email hidden]> writes:
::: Perhaps of interest:
:::
::: homepage.mac.combicycle driverOpen ↗
:::
::: Comments?
::
:: Very nicely done. Very readable -- much more than that
:: irritatingly obscured thing some folx do with black print
:: on a dark blue background. Is this a work in progress, in
:: which you have a hand?
::
:: All those links at the top might do better in a list at
:: the left side -- maybe in a scrollable frame of their
:: own, or maybe not. I guess that's for future
:: consideration.

I agree....I've spent time on this site...I enjoy the video
and slide shows...

But those jumbled up links are really hard to follow...the
site owner would do well to separate out the HR stuff from
the low res stuff...maybe even have different pages...if you
have a fast connection, you don't need the LR stuff...a
scrollable list could be an excellent idea.

Are there any other sites like this?

Claire Petersky wrote:
:: "Tom Keats" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
:: "]news:[email hidden]...
::: In article <mkJBc.68561$2i5.21992@attbi_s52>,
::
::: Is this a work in progress, in which you have a hand?
::
:: I have met the author -- he's in my bike club -- and
:: chatted with him a few times. We share some opinions on
:: having a positive, cooperative attitude in traffic. But I
:: have had no part in the development of this site. He sent
:: me this link as a work in progress, so if you have
:: comments, you can send them to me and I'll pass them
:: along to him. I warned him that I would send the link on
:: to, I don't know, 50 - 60 billion of my closest friends,
:: and that he should expect a lot of hits on the site in
:: the near future.
::
:: I got a big kick out of the site, if only because there
:: are streets videoed that I have ridden on many, many
:: times. In one section he shows the right way to handle an
:: intersection I've ridden through, easily, 100 times/year,
:: and it's satisfying to see my techniques vindicated :-).
:: The videos of cyclists going through the four-way stop
:: from the viewpoint of the motorist behind them is also a
:: cool section -- it really brings it out how important
:: lane positioning and predictability are.

Yes....seeing it done in a video is much, much better, imo,
than reading about it (I have the Effective Cycling book).

I find this site very useful. I plan to pass it on to all of
my bicycling frees and especially those who would like to
get into bicycling but are too afraid of riding on the road
with cars due to simple ignorance.

I have another suggestion. Some videos on proper
mounting/dismount of the bike an intersections (and in
general) would be useful. Close ups with non-clipless and
clipless pedals, etc. I guess I haven't gone through
everything on the site yet, but a brief scan of it gave
me the impression that info on mounting / dismounting was
not present.