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To: MissTed

Same crazy stuff here in CO, bike riders on hills and curves force motorists to the wrong side of the road.

Stories like this just show how foolish a lot of bike riders are.

The fact that it doesn’t happen more often is just more circumstantial proof of guardian angels.


8 posted on 09/01/2010 10:04:30 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle (Overproduction, one of the top five business worries of the Amercan Farmer for the past 50 years)
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To: Balding_Eagle
Stories like this just show how foolish a lot of bike riders are.

I guess I need to weigh in, here. I work near a college, and bike riders are one of my per peeves.

I have no problem with "weekend" riders, who obey the laws, keep up with traffic, and generally sitck to low-travelled highways and/or bike paths.

I also have no problem with "everyday" riders, who obey the laws, who can keep up with traffic, and who generally "ride smart".

Where my patience breaks down is with the riders who flaunt the traffic laws, or who do stupid things "Because dammit, it's perfectly legal". Like the guy this morning, riding in the LH lane of the six-lane 50-mph divided highway during morning rush hour. Legal? Probably. But really stupid? Yep, IMHO. Tis a wonder that he didn't get smeared, or cause an accident, or both. Traffic was backing up behind him, and there were gawkers in the other direction, as well.

I wish that I could say that these doofi were the few bad apples who spoil the bunch. But, like I commented, I work near a college campus and see far more than I'd call "occasional".

34 posted on 09/01/2010 10:36:34 AM PDT by wbill
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