I've gotta say that "drifting" off the shoulder is often caused by debris on the edge of the road like broken glass and shrapnel left over from vehicle collisions.
For every stupid or inconsiderate bike rider (not cyclist) there are many more imbeciles who operate motor vehicles.
Can’t be said enough. FreeRepublic supposedly represents the conservative, intellectually honest, and thinking end of the spectrum. But I am amazed at the number of people here who lump everyone into small groups, or fly off the handle on one side of a story.
There are some people who tend to judge others in a hasty manner and assume superiority over them without justification. I used to think it was the mark of a liberal.
It’s sad to see a person who is inconvenienced for a few seconds becomes so affected by it that they decide to take their problems to the internet.
We may have other issues at work. It’s sad to see all this happen.
Don't bother trying to reason with these hate filled posters. They are too selfish to care about a fellow citizen.
About a week ago, I was making a left turn on to a busy road coming home from work. As I was making it into the proper lane turning left, a bicyclist was coming up directly in front of me, THE WRONG WAY, and I had to hit the brakes hard to keep from hitting him dead on. Luckily there was no one behind me to crash into my rear end, stopping in the middle of a turn.
The bicyclist was maybe in his mid to late thirties. When I was a kid, 1960’s early 70’s, we were ‘taught’ to always ride against the traffic, so that we could see what was coming and take evasive action as necessary. That is now illegal in most places I know of.
It is harder to ‘un-learn’ something than it is to learn it in the first place..........