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Old 11-25-2023, 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by asianthree View Post
You have two options first you can ride the roads doing 16 miles an hour while cars drive 30 to 60 miles an hour,(that on Meggison)

Or one can ride the internal streets your neighborhood feel a little safer, especially early in the morning, and on the weekends.

I also strongly suggest you wear a GoPro, that way if there should be any incidents, it can be recorded.

Plus later in the day you can review those who live in your neighborhood that drive like a crazy person.
I did the internal streets thing and I'm telling you that is not safe either. Every day I had at lease one very close call and some days multiple times. You really have to be defensive on a bike around here and have a rear view mirror or two, people are on their cell phones, driving in the wrong lanes when turning onto another street, don't look when coming out of their driveways, and golf cars are the worst offenders of all.