Originally Posted by fat biker
I face this same risk for part of my morning commute.
I ride across the Dumbarton Bridge from Fremont CA to Menlo Park. The road that leads to the path on the bridge is the old retired highway 84. It is seperated from the new highway by about 6 feet and a chain link fence.
The road is not well traveled by cars or trucks, so I ride just to the right of the center line. I cannot count how many times the fence has been breached by cars running off the highway. Last winter, there were three crashes in one week.
Jeff, still fat
Yeah, I can't help but wonder what these motorists are doing that causes them to leave the roadway, cross about 12 feet of shoulder, jump a curb, cross about 15 feet of landscaped embankment, then go through a chainlink fence.
And this is not near any hair pin curves or any such thing... I just don't get it.