Originally Posted by Tractortom

I have been a bike commuter for only a short while, started on 9 January of this year. But I have been a bicyclist for my entire life (off and on) and have ridden over 10,000 miles since I moved to Florida seven years ago. ON THE ROAD most of the time, some miles on the bike path.

So, the other day on the way home, I saw a friend of my wife's in her car, waiting to pull out on the road, and went across in front of her and gave her the big wave. Later I got a note from her on Facebook, telling me how DANGEROUS it was to ride in the bike lane on the side of the highway.

Well, I told her I was fine, and safe enough, so...she called my wife and demanded that she tell me how DANGEROUS it was for me to be commuting on my bike. My wife, God bless her, told her friend that I was well insured (worth a lot more dead than alive) and that I knew what I was doing, and she trusted me to stay safe.

Where do the people get off, the ones that haven't been on a bike in decades, telling me how DANGEROUS it is to ride to and from work? They have no point of reference, no experience, no CLUE. Just leave me alone and let me RIDE!!!!

Tractor Tom in Okeechobee, FL