Originally Posted by
B. Carfree
I remember when I realized the golden age of the bike had left the building in Davis back in the early '90s. It was when I watched one of my neighbors do a "The Gods Must Be Crazy" maneuver by driving down his driveway to get his mail. Another passed me in his car on the way to the grocery store; we lived eight houses from the store and I got home before he did.
My favorite stupid driver event was when I watched someone drive to the store to pick up some milk, then drive to the corner, make a U-turn and park almost exactly across the street to pick up the morning paper, jump back in the car and drive about 1/2 block to pick up bagels. Parked 3 times and made one U-turn to visit 3 stores within about 50 yards of each other. Since he never parked exactly in front of the stores, he probably walked more then if he would have if he parked just once.