I drive to work in a sort of rural area -- winding, hilly two lane road with no shoulder, no street lights, and between the edge of the pavement and a drainage ditch there's maybe 2 or 3 feet of rough grassy turf. Speed limit varies from 40-45. I guess some people go a little faster. There's not many places to pull off, there's a church at the top of one hill, but mostly residential or woods along this probably mile and a half or 2 mile stretch. This guy is out there at 6:30 am, no lights (or reflectors that I can see) riding (with traffic) on that little bit of turf next to the road. We've discussed him in our shop safety meetings, and someone said he goes down to a place at the business section and gets coffee. If I thought I could catch him at the church parking lot, I'd be tempted to buy him a flashing light, but don't know if he'd use it--it's not like he couldn't afford one. It's just a hazardous situation, and I think most of us are really only paying attention because we've seen him several times already, or we are looking out for deer, which are also a problem in the area. Any comments?
The BikeForums Team
-adv-
This is an archived thread, you can find the full version of this thread, with images, links and more content here.
find him, ask him if he wants to talk about bicycles with you, then offer him the LED blinkie gift, along with your e-mail and phone # so he can contact you in case he wants to talk or needs free batteries.
lol
cc_rider
Just posted this on my lj ride journal:
"Coming home late last night I turned off the route 50 onto the service road at the edge of our neighborhood. There are no street lights in that stretch, but I saw a shadow move across the road ahead of me. I slowed, and as I got closer I saw a guy on a bicycle weaving across the road - no lights, no reflectors, no helmet, wearing black, riding on the wrong side and talking on a cell phone.
Shake my head and drive on."