Face..meet Pole..almost.

[Kano]

I have a policy of never ever approaching a light at a high speed, and never "blasting" through an intersection, even if the light just turned green for me. You never know what cars are going to do in intersections. Usually they do the unexpected, and usually they don't see you. I leave myself plenty of "comfort zone" for stopping in case something happens- and it often does. Intersections and lights are dangerous places.

Me too, Lisa! DH will get through an intersection a bit ahead of me, but five cars may be right on his tail. And strangely enough, even though I don't remember back far enough when turn signal lights weren't on cars as standard equipment, it sure seems like a lot of people don't know they've got them!

Just the other day, DH, who insisted I needed to ride ahead of him on the busy street was making a big deal that I should GO GO GO, but since I could only see him in my rear view mirror or by turning my head, and I knew that there was TONS of traffic, I refused, and told him I wasn't going through this y-turn intersection until _I_ could see what was coming at me or not.

Perhaps I could trust him, but when I'm on that teensy bike, and there are a bazillion cars of various sizes buzzing around me, I'd just as soon see for myself and err on the side of caution!

Karen in Boise

[Jenn]

Karen, it sounds like your husband and my husband would ride VERY well together. My DH does the same thing to me and when we are not on the base and people are running 50-60 mph I just get very nervous, and he does the same thing, yells at me to GO...GO....I hate it.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Do NOT go faster than you feel safe and confident going. It is irresponsible for others to urge you to go faster than you are comfortable with, especially in traffic!