I'm an arterial warrior If they want to hang out in the parking lane of a four-lane arterial in hopes of knocking me off my bike, well, let them try

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As for traffic safety, I feel safer among the cars than I do on our own local bike path (Centenial Trail). On an arterial, I don't have fellow road users driving along with a dog on a 20-foot retractible leash. I don't have four-year-old motorists weaving all over the place, or doing circles, or just stopping unexpectedly. I don't have to deal with a road that was made all curvy with blind corners just so it would be "cute." I don't have to call "passing on your left!" to the motor vehicles and then try to dodge them when they jump to their left.

Just give me my 3rd-Eye helmet mirror, my NiteRider light system, and the Revised Code of Washington. And the faster the bike, the better

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