Seen the LDS missionaries too, fortunately our swealtering weather keeps them from covering up their white shirts. But it's pretty dang hot in TX, so no telling why they were wearing sweaters. I think part of the problem is the young adult "immortality" thing - missionaries or no, somehow they think they're immortal, and traffic laws exist only for cars. Seems to me the LDS church needs to really push bicycle safety, since that's the mode of transportation that is commonly used by their kids "on mission." To my knowledge, said mission is funded by their families and not by the church. They don't do well obeying traffic laws around here either. And goth black is the color of choice.

I've come close to hitting two runners on my way to work this week in the pre-dawn darkness. Both runners were wearing dark clothes and the only thing reflective were their shoes. One was while I was stopped at a stop sign - I thought I saw something move just as I was starting to roll out (she hadn't crossed in front of my headlights yet); and the second ran across in front of me to reach the levee. If you're going to run before the sun comes up, how about wearing a reflective T-shirt, belt, hat, safety vest, soemthing????