Digital_Cowboy
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- Location
- Tampa/St. Petersburg, Fl, USA
I don't know if y'all have gutter pans over on that side of the pond.
Sadly over on this side of the pond a lot of motorists think/feel that we cyclists must ride in them if there is no bike lane. Even though it is more dangerous to do so. If for no other reason than there is usually all sorts of debris that can cause flats, in some case as in the above photo there is a tire/tyre catching storm drain also in the gutter pan. And in some cases there is both debris that is covering/hiding/camouflaging a tire/tyre catching storm drain.
The other irony (at least on this side of the pond) is that a lot of motorists expect us cyclist to ride under dangerous circumstances that they themselves would not drive their car under.
What I also have to laugh at is that some cyclists seem to think that it is safer to "hug the curb" or ride in the gutter pan. They don't realize that that by doing so that they're encouraging motorists to pass us dangerously close as well as reinforcing the notion/myth that cyclists do not belong on the road.
One such cyclist uses the logic that by hugging the curb that if someone passes too closely that they can "just step off" of their bike and get out of their way and/or hopefully pull their bike along with them to keep it from getting crushed.
Sadly over on this side of the pond a lot of motorists think/feel that we cyclists must ride in them if there is no bike lane. Even though it is more dangerous to do so. If for no other reason than there is usually all sorts of debris that can cause flats, in some case as in the above photo there is a tire/tyre catching storm drain also in the gutter pan. And in some cases there is both debris that is covering/hiding/camouflaging a tire/tyre catching storm drain.
The other irony (at least on this side of the pond) is that a lot of motorists expect us cyclist to ride under dangerous circumstances that they themselves would not drive their car under.
What I also have to laugh at is that some cyclists seem to think that it is safer to "hug the curb" or ride in the gutter pan. They don't realize that that by doing so that they're encouraging motorists to pass us dangerously close as well as reinforcing the notion/myth that cyclists do not belong on the road.
One such cyclist uses the logic that by hugging the curb that if someone passes too closely that they can "just step off" of their bike and get out of their way and/or hopefully pull their bike along with them to keep it from getting crushed.
Like wise some cyclists wrongly believe they are safer out of the way in them 
