Advocacy & Safety - Bicycle - Auto Accident

Spoke with Local PD Capt. during yesterday morning's ride. He stated that the investigation was still open and that charges could yet be filed. By the way the vehicle did not come off well either, hood, windshield and a lot of the roof were badly damaged, so you can figure what the rider and his bike were like. No new condition report on the rider. If I find out something I will update.

By leaving a "large enough" gap you actually endanger yourself. How? By encouraging pinheads to slice in front of you, which guaranteed, one will within mere seconds of said gap appearing. Nevermind the laws and what is "correct" on paper... this the reality of driving in America.


Depends on where you are driving. With a single lane in each direction in a no passing zone (where I drive for 80% of the time), then how can a pin head zip in front of you?

Depends on where you are driving. With a single lane in each direction in a no passing zone (where I drive for 80% of the time), then how can a pin head zip in front of you?

Happens to me (while driving) sometimes. I drive through a school zone which is 1 lane each way with a center turn lane. School zone = 25 mph in California, and I stick pretty close to that. Too slow for some, about once per week someone will pass me in the turn lane in their haste to get to the red light at the end of the block. Fine by me, I would rather have this person in front than tailgating.

I generally leave the 2-second following distance while driving. If someone zips ahead of me, that's fine, I would rather have them in front of me.

Now if I am in the left lane of a freeway, and someone is driving slower than the prevailing speed, and there's nobody in front of them, I may follow a bit closer to see if they wake up and move to the right lane.