Dear Editor:
Why do you ride a bike? Is it your only means of transportation? Is it for health reasons?
Generally, bike lanes are on the busiest roadways in a municipality. Your lungs are working harder and you are sucking in carbon monoxide and silica dust — both hazardous to your health. What are the long-term effects?
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Are you doing it for the environment? Ask yourself where your bike was made and where the parts to assemble it come from. What are they made from and what is the carbon footprint to get it to you?
Ask your municipal government what is the budget to maintain the bike lanes and how often.
My wife was rear-ended by a fellow on a bike. The bike lane came to an end and he veered out into the flow of traffic. He rear-ended her, went over his handlebars and landed on her car. The car ended up being a write-off. He had no insurance. It was a challenge dealing with ICBC.
So when it comes to bike lanes, ask yourself why they are put where they are and the logic behind it.
Wayne Gooch
Summerland
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