Old-Ager: The law isn’t working very well, but in trying not to cross the center line, I am starting to pass these people more closely, which they don’t like (more f*** you and fingers).
Actually it sounds like the law is just fine; it's just that you're not driving very well.
Old-Ager:something to think about when you’re out there
- going at an unsafely low speed
My speed is fine. I have been riding for decades, very heavily for the last one. No collisions or dangerous spills; it's great!
- hard to see
Wow, you weren't kidding about being an 'old-ager'. Maybe time for new prescription? Or maybe just let the grandkids have the keys. In the meantime, I'll avoid the window seats at the Golden Corral.
- having no protection around you
My protection is my alertness and my firm refusal to do anything illegal or stupid (since cyclist error if the cause of about 5 of every 10 cyclist fatalities.) In the case of the young man (whose death you are so classlessly celebrating) was traveling east-west at the time, he was at fault (if North-South it was the driver's.)
Castlebar, like many others, you are lying to yourself.
You have no right to endanger my speed of travel, my safety (yes), or my peace of mind.
BTW I’ve logged thousands of miles on bicycles. But I stayed out of the way of cars, a practice that’s not popular.