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Old 11-25-2023, 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by vintageogauge View Post
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.
Twice a day we have group of 10-20 bike groups ride our neighborhood no issues except two residents that live in the neighborhood who truly believes they should be the only driver anywhere, because and I quote “this is the way I drove back home, and you need to get our of my way”

Have been riding in 4 neighborhoods since 2010, never had any incidents or even a close call. Maybe farther south they have the “I own the road (car or cart) get off my road
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