Originally Posted by
Sharpshin
I'm sort of a hero to the neighborhood, I make cars conform to the speed limits when I coming home
...until the one arrives thats too busy texting to notice you, at which time the awful and entirely indifferent destructive power of a 2,000 lb+ automobile relative to the fragile human body is likely to make itself felt.
I figure any time I'm using my own body to regulate traffic speed I'm doing something seriously foolish.
YMMV,
Mike
My hills are quite steep, & they're rollers. If your not paying attention odds are you'll sideswipe a car before a cyclist.
If they can't see my myriad of blinkers than I guess I have I coming to me. Better me on a bike, than me smoking a child or a pet on a narrow sidewalk.
I don't use my body to regulate traffic, I just follow the rules of the road in my area.
This is the
Commuting forums isn't it?