tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414121713953201969.post1388739603561124476..comments2023-08-15T03:26:22.735-07:00Comments on Velo Girls Coaching Services: bollards, oh bollocks!Lorri Lee Lown -- velogirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16206645828472852633noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414121713953201969.post-12815018937931617982011-11-27T20:11:03.246-08:002011-11-27T20:11:03.246-08:00Thank you so much for your leadership on this vita...Thank you so much for your leadership on this vital subject! We all love being cyclists, but too many seem indignant at any suggestion that we share road & trail space; that we, too, must take responsibility for our decisions & actions when we ride. <br /><br />Accidents like the one you describe are so sad, so distressing. The more we can work with other groups to make things safer for all of us, the better we will be able to make important progress.<br /><br />WinnieWinnicyclehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792357827558590827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414121713953201969.post-62626058888847911582011-11-23T20:44:55.322-08:002011-11-23T20:44:55.322-08:00Hey Dan! Thanks for your comment. This post isn&...Hey Dan! Thanks for your comment. This post isn't a judgement of the SF2G ride (and I didn't post the name of the ride for that very reason). It's more a challenge for us to try to think responsibly as ride leaders.<br /><br />I accepted your invite on the SF2G list. I would love to ride with you and the group sometime. I also suggest this could be a call-to-action to educate the property owners of hazardous conditions (be it bollards or other obstacles).Lorri Lee Lown -- velogirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16206645828472852633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414121713953201969.post-45817427389126683732011-11-23T20:35:52.044-08:002011-11-23T20:35:52.044-08:00Lorri, you should really ride with the group befor...Lorri, you should really ride with the group before you judge it. Your assessments are terribly inaccurate.<br /><br />These bollards are in direct violation of the guidelines in chapter 1000 of the California Highway Design Manual 1000-15, and the additional guidelines referenced by that document, the MUTCD and California Supplement, Section 9C.101.<br /><br />Ed McLaughlin, long-time president of Chico Velo, was paralyzed by bollards during a ride. I'd ridden with him, and he was an excellent and safe rider. These things are nasty and dangerous and need to be removed. They make as much sense on a mixed-use path as they would between auto lanes on a mixed-use roadway. I don't want to see any more people end up in wheelchairs because they were caught by surprise by one of these things.<br /><br />With regard to the SF2G group, it's typically groups of 5-10 riders riding at a safe but brisk pace to get to work in a reasonable time. We pass through bollards all the time without incident because we know where they are. In this case, it was a detour onto a bridge we hadn't been on before, and the bollard was unmarked and around a blind corner. Any pedestrians on the path would have been visible, but the bollard was too short to be readily seen. Riding through these things is like riding through a mine field.djconnelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484858820878605035noreply@blogger.com