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Originally Posted by George Bieniaszek
It's the few that ruin it for the rest. Most cyclists, motorcyclists, walkers, dog owners, car and truck drivers are responsible drivers. Unfortunately, the ones causing the problems are the small minority that we all talk about.
I am still amazed of how many people are in such a damn hurry driving around in a retirement community. Then add the additional distractions of texting, cell phone usage, and you see all the stupid driving behaviors.
Hopefully with the snowbirds and renters heading back home, ( I am not blaming them as the cause ) just that there is less congestion on our roads, the roads will be a little safer for all.
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Again, motor vehicle drivers are blamed when many times the bicyclists make themselves an accident or fatality waiting to happen because they
do NOTHING to make themselves visible.
Many bike riders wear dark grey or black shirts with dark helmet, blending right in with the color of the pavement
especially at dusk and in the tunnels(!!), and the the low, reclining recumbent riders are often the same way besides being only a foot off the ground as a car driver comes over the rise of a slight hill and is suddenly upon them.
Accusing motor vehicle drivers of speeding and "being in a damn hurry in a retirement community"
is not the cause of bike riders who choose to take unbelievable risks by not making themselves visible, and who blow thru stop signs.
And, if a car driver hits a bicyclist because they could not be seen, it doesn't matter much whether the car driver was going the speed limit of 20mph, under it at 10mph, or over it at 25mph.
At any of these speeds, it's going to be disastrous and life-altering for both the bike rider AND the driver who has to live with that horror in their minds into the future.
And then, armchair quarterbacks condemning the vehicle driver who had an ACCIDENT and did not willfully cause the mess makes it even worse!