Originally Posted by
Tickledivory
What woke me up and freeked me a little about this ride was a lady pulled her car alongside me on my trip home on friday and told me I'd be killed If I kept riding on this road.
To which the correct response is: "Well you'd better drive carefully then."
From your description of that road, I'd look for another job. I've quit/declined jobs because I didn't like the bike commute, and not even because they were dangerous.
That said...
Originally Posted by
Raleighroader
In most cities, you cannot always safely commute from point A to point B. That has to be accepted.
No it doesn't. There's absolutely no reason any particular route can't be cycled safely. It may require changes to driver attitudes, road configuration, law enforcement, or all of the above, but the idea of cyclists being scared off the road is deeply offensive to me. The only thing that 'has to be accepted' is how hard you're prepared to fight the battle.
Roads aren't dangerous, only the people using them are. If a road design is such that it 'encourages' dangerous driving practice, it's up to everyone to resist their impatient urges and drive with everyone's safety in mind. It staggers me that drivers don't get this. Why is it in this day and age of obsessing over safety, that driving gets a free pass?