Originally Posted by
Camilo
What makes you think that the glass was "scattered" (which kind of implies the person had a stock of broken glass and was purposefully distributing it at various intervals) or that it had anything to do with bicyclists?
My guess is that it was just a couple of nimrods more or less randomly tossing bottles on the road just for fun and because they're idiots. But no particular malice towards cyclists.
[COLOR="#000080"]If one has disdain for someone, or for some other group (cyclists in this case), in this day and time, then I think it's not far-fetched for them to take it out in a way that would certainly irk the target. Certainly, more despicable things have been done in this world. Yes, could be some stupid kids breaking bottles at night; could also be a selfish motorist with contempt for cyclists.
Could someone actually be
so diabolical 
as to break glass at some other location, collect it in a container, only to scatter it over a lonely, dark 3.5 mile section road? Absolutely!! Please, please don't think that it couldn't be.
Next, some of the glass was different types: bottle glass, window glass, AND car windshield glass.
Could EVEN be someone who's ridden a bicycle a few times on the road in his/her lifetime and knows very well how troublesome that much glass can be for bicycle tires.
Yes. Could be some nimrods. But, it absolutely, could not be. IMO, this was premeditated. We'll never know and it would be naive for me to think that it couldn't be an irate, malicious, selfish motorist.
I pedal on
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