Yet another great day to ride, cool in the morning, sunny all day, light winds..just terrific.

However, a short distance from house, a family van was backing out of a driveway where upon I used my warning bell to let the driver know that I was approaching. The van stopped, let me pass, and all was fine until I was about 500' down the road when the van roared up behind me and attempted to pass to the left only to find a large truck in the oncoming lane. The driver could have just slowed a bit to wait for the truck to pass but insisted on forcing the issue. I have seen this numerous of times but this time it was so close that I immediately pulled into a driveway to avoid contact.

What got me was this road was a country road and the van had roof top mounted bike racks (i.e., the driver should have known better). I guess this is just a commentary on the risks people are willing to take in order to shave a couple of seconds off the clock to get to work on time. If they could only appreciate the negative outcomes that their actions might have on bikers...or anyone else. After all there are ~43,000 people killed on the roadways each year (~120 people each day, equivalent to a plane crash a day), but I guess people feel that crashes only happen to the other person and not to them.

Now that I'm done venting, I'm looking forward to the ride home. Tomorrow, it is supposed to be rainy. Time to get out the rain suit.