Viraj's Weblog

Stop and get off your bike quick. If the beast looks like it wants to attack, try to keep the bike between you and it. Shout something commanding, like Go home!

Well I've been biking to work for over a month now. I love it, though roads can be quite dangerous at times. Here is a page with some good road biking tips.

I am still confused on one thing though: left turns at a left turn signal. Many times I'm the only one making a left turn, but does the traffic light 'sensor' detect my bike as if a car was there? It seems not to, because the light never changes, and I end up going to the crosswalk and using the button. Annoying as hell.

At some intersections, there is a bike drawing in the middle of the left lane right next to the crosswalk. I wonder if I need to put my bike here to get the light to change? Haven't tried that yet.

Update: A co-worker pointed me to a very interesting paper on detection of bicycles at traffic signals.