SJCzar
06-05-2006, 08:14 AM
When I commute to work I use a combination of city streets, parkway, and bike trails.
There is one short stretch of the bike trail that I'm not real crazy about. It's a little too secluded and rarely do I pass another cyclist. I try to keep my speed around 18-20mph.
This morning as I was zipping along coming into a curve, a police car comes head on down the center of the trail from the other direction. We both had to slam on our brakes. Luckily, I was already on the far right side of the trail and was able to quickly manuever on the 2' of the trail that he wasn't taking up. If I had hit the curve sooner I sure I would have ended up on his hood.
I appreciate that the police are patrolling the bike trails, but if they aren't going to use the bike cops maybe they could put their flashing lights on so we could see them coming. If I hadn't been so freaked from that close encounter, I would have turned around to speak with him to find out if there was any recent incidents that prompted his patrolling. Maybe I'll have to call the district office and find out.
There is one short stretch of the bike trail that I'm not real crazy about. It's a little too secluded and rarely do I pass another cyclist. I try to keep my speed around 18-20mph.
This morning as I was zipping along coming into a curve, a police car comes head on down the center of the trail from the other direction. We both had to slam on our brakes. Luckily, I was already on the far right side of the trail and was able to quickly manuever on the 2' of the trail that he wasn't taking up. If I had hit the curve sooner I sure I would have ended up on his hood.
I appreciate that the police are patrolling the bike trails, but if they aren't going to use the bike cops maybe they could put their flashing lights on so we could see them coming. If I hadn't been so freaked from that close encounter, I would have turned around to speak with him to find out if there was any recent incidents that prompted his patrolling. Maybe I'll have to call the district office and find out.