What alan s said -- snow time is the worst, as far as dealing with drivers; "summer vacation" for the young adults new to driving is the next worst. When they go BACK to school, most are already OFF the roads and in class by the time I get out there.

I have a high-school-sophomore daughter, and circumstances this week "required" her to do something she enjoys anyway -- ride her bike to school. If I thought it was safe for her, I'd let her do it as long as she could handle the weather (sadly, stupid drivers and predators disallow that). Because she gets out of school 2 hours before I get out of work, she'd have to ride home alone, or get a lift, bike and all, from her mom. Not a choice. The "stupid driver" part comes in during one, slightly-more-than-a-quarter-mile stretch where drivers seem to lose all sense of reality, and DEMAND to get by, no matter how close they pass you.