No, not really, but this does make me a bit grouchy. This morning I saw a girl riding her bike (yay!) blow through 2 stop signs making no attempt to slow down, stop or look for traffic; while talking on the cell phone, riding no-handed and not wearing a helmet. Boo! I hate to be all grouchy about it, because I hate stopping at stop signs too, but it's the law. Yes, the law. On a bike we need to obey these laws and demonstrate our respect for the road if we want the road, in the broader sense of everyone out there, to respect us. Luckily for her, there was no on-coming traffic at either sign, but there was no way she was stopping; and a car coming 35+ mph (by the way, also a violation of the law) is not going to be able to stop for her. A lot of motorists see such blatantly awful behavior and they extrapolate that across an entire population, which by the way, includes me, my friends (generally good behavior all around), my wife, etc. who all ride. Those motorists then become angry because they think that we think we can ignore the law while they have to obey. It's the old "I'm getting screwed" mentality, but in this case I can totally understand it.
Anyway, ride nice out there OK. Please? Thanks.
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