cac0fae8c8f092b7d7e32f10d5d4e9c220d2969b My Health Is My Life: Cyclists Are Safer In Green Bike Lane Markings

Cyclists Are Safer In Green Bike Lane Markings

By Timothy West


Employees, students, and common individuals, need certain kinds of transportation to be able to go to their desired destination. Some prefer driving their own cars. Others prefer taking the bus or train because paying a ticket is way cheaper than buying gas for your car.

You can find these modes of transit all over the world because they are always used. Even though some people are contented standing in a long line just to ride the train, others cannot even spend a dime to buy a ticket for the train. The only solution you have to your transportation needs is a bicycle. Bur for the sake of safety, assure first that green bike lane markings are implemented in your hometown.

Riding a bike everywhere you go is undeniably cheaper. You do not have to pay for gas or install a battery if it does not turn on, because it never happens. All your wheeled vehicle needs for it to run is your effort and your perspiration. Now you will not even need to go to the gym anymore.

Because of the free ride, going anywhere just using your bicycle sounds like a dream. But there are two kinds of dreams. Sweet dreams and nightmares. In an urban city, fast paced cars, along with huge buses, and inconsiderate drivers, think that they own the streets. Which then results to cyclists going unnoticed. It is a very common cause of accidents.

A line marking is a colored pavement which has the role of a bicycle lane. The color green increases the visibility of the bicycle. It also identifies potential areas of conflict between cars and bikes. Consistent color application all over the bicycle way corridor is important to promote clear understanding to all motorists.

This will encourage drivers to always stay in their lanes. Some hard headed drivers take advantage of this extra space that is intended for cyclists only. Drivers and cyclists now have lesser dispute towards each other because of an unspoken agreement of the bicycle lane. This will also discipline the car drivers to always abide the rules of traffic.

The bike lane markings also discourages motorists from illegally parking at the side of the streets. It is an effective way to ensure that the lanes will remain unoccupied by illegally parked cars. These hard headed motorists prevent the traffic to keep on flowing because their motionless cars are in the way.

The perceptibility of a cyclist can also be assured because of these bright lanes that they are driving on. Most of the time, especially when night falls, bicycles are not seen easily because they do not have enough lights in them to be seen. Learning ahead that cyclists are on the road too will prevent the crashing of two moving objects.

Finally, these lanes keep the cyclists off the sidewalk. Undeniably, most roads are scary to drive in, specially if you just own a bike, and not a car. You are very vulnerable if you are to get it. This is why they stick to the sidewalk. Pedestrians are at risk when bicycle drivers stay at the sidewalk because pedestrians could easily get hit by them.




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