SternWake said:
Don't get me started on the bicyclists on the 101 round these parts.
Even if they have a bike lane, they are outside of it, impeding traffic in the right lane. I am amazed Darwin has not thinned this herd. I can't believe they have that much trust that some inattentive driver is not just going to smear them.
It won't be the inattentive driver. Some bicyclists are simply suicidal, whether they know it or not. While in Norfolk, Va in my Navy Days, I once was driving in heavy city traffic, in the right lane of a four lane road. Cars on my left, and tight up behind me. And here comes a kid - maybe twelve or so, riding his shiny new bike in MY lane coming right at me! I could do nothing but hunker down for the impact I knew would plow him under, as ANY move by me would cause a major accident. He is dead meat.....
Somehow, whether an "Act of God", or him finally realizing his danger and deciding eating concrete on the open sidewalk was the better choice, or just sheer dumb luck, he laid is bike down over the curb and barely avoided becoming street pizza. I was shaking, thinking how close I'd come to killing someone's kid...... No time to react, no way to choose a better path.
I used to think local traffic here in Tallahassee, Florida was bad (and it can be) but Norfolk, Va. is far worse. We have rush ours, they have rush DAYS. All day long. And those drivers up there have no concept of the rules of driving, packing like lemmings on holiday as the choke up the intersections. As the light for cross traffic goes green, tough noogies, as there are five cars blocking the way.
I should have become an auto mechanic up there. I be making very good money......
We have our share of auto shops here too, and they are never lacking for work. Plenty of repair work to do.
