Bully for you...

Thus far, it seems that certain respondents may have been guilty of "Profiling", in sort of an inverse sense than what we typically hear about. Actually, the fact that you are one of those at the Ground Zero of our judicial logjam shoud not be lost on the rest of us. For every frustration that those of us have from the opposite side of that bench, those of you who have to make this hobbling system run clearly have an equal amount of frustration. I was struck by your frank post, or should I somehow say "plea", and would urge those who read it to think about the other side of the equation.

Since this is a forum for 50 and older cyclists, I would have expected to see more thoughtful responses (at least to this point) than some of the sophmoric stuff I have seen so far. I guess that, at 57, I have learned to expect more thoughtful responses from this group. Instead I am only seeing what would typically be proffered from those more inexperienced and less equipped to understand (read: learn from) the input of someone walking your shoes.

Empathy is something we all could offer a little more of.

In the interest of full disclosure, I am not a lawyer, nor a political person....only an interested citizen and human being. There is much to think about. There is much we all can offer. I agree, go out and ride before issuing commentary that will benefit no one. However, should you choose the "Wine Route" first, you would find no arguments from me.

Not trying to offend, just mend.