Consideration to motorists too

The road in this video is what I consider to be the worst one on which I have to travel. It is far too narrow for the traffic, caused by the too-rapid growth and development of subdivisions in the area. It is currently under construction, expanding to four lanes, which narrows the roadway and makes traffic that much more challenging to the drivers.

In this video, I kept an eye on the vehicles behind me and when I was able to pull over to let them pass, I did. The first pull-over was only about five cars and the road was clear behind them.

The second pull-over, about a half-mile or less from the first, had far more traffic backed up, but finally cleared enough to let me get to my destination, one-quarter of a mile away from where I pulled off!

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• vehicular
• cycling
• bicycle
• velomobile
• traffic

[freddotu]

I neglected to add that I can maintain 20 mph on flat roads, no wind, slightly higher on occasion.

[freddotu]

The speed limit on that road during the construction project is 25-35 mph. I expect the limit to go to 40 or 45 when it is four-laned. There is a 2" x 6" taillight, always on, extremely bright. I also have the same size turn signals, which retract and extend as needed.

[MewFushisDad]

I would love to see a video detailing your velomobile and your lighting set up. I'm interested in how your turn signals work. Do you run a head light?

On my tandem and triplet I have mounted to my rack trunk bag two 2.75" X 3.75" tail lights with an alternating flash rate, running a total of 80 LEDs. We run the tail light day and night. It can't be ignored.

[freddotu]

I have a pair of headlights, Light and Motion Vega, mounted on the mirror brackets just ahead of the cockpit. I don't have any recent photographs, but will take your suggestion to heart about creating a video with the details, in the future.

[freddotu]

The turn signals are "hidden" behind a cut-out in the tail section, but I've not come up with a satisfactory method of hiding the ugly cut (yet) while maintaining a good mount of the panels. I needed the lights for my own safety, though, so I drive it with the ugly panels in place and it does work.

[freddotu]

okay, six cars... if you look closely at the shadow as I pull back out into traffic, you can see the retractable turn signals fair back into the body.

25 or 26 vehicles passed me on the second stop!

[jmccmc]

Looks like they need to put a cycle path off to one side or the other of the road, there appears to be enough space to do it for most of the distance covered in the film. Then you could cycle free from any traffic.

[MewFushisDad]

Great videos. Your doing a great job. I'm a local advocate on a number of town and regional boards representing the interests of cyclists.

There's nothing quite like a fully faired velomobile to maintain a constant speed.

[MewFushisDad]

What's the speed limit on that road? What kind of speed can you maintain with your Velomobile? Do you run any type of flasher facing towards the rear?