Oh, I had a grandstand view of a couple of doozies on yesterday's commute, involving both brainless cyclists and brainless drivers. First I'm heading down a wide road with a narrow bike lane painted on the right, that I usually avoid using because you end up going "blindly" into a couple of intersections. The car lane is a lot safer because it gives you the space to see more. Sure enough, cyclist ahead of me in the bike lane gets "stuck" behind a bus, tries to pass on the inside , and wobbles to the outside without checking his back. So I hurry up and pass Wobbly Guy at a safe distance but to no avail, because he then blows through 2 red lights even though he has to squeeze past me waiting to do so.
Then at a roundabout a little later a large truck ignores my right of way, and keeps on coming even though I'm RIGHT in the middle of the roundabout. I stop at his left front wheel and stare up at him exasperated. He finally hits the brakes. But not before a racer roadie dude behind me goes *swish* through the gap.
Next roundabout I'm also right in the middle, and a large SUV comes barrelling in from the right without even slowing down, as though it were a regular intersection. No-one harmed, but I'm glad I was on a laidback kind of commute yesterday. If I'd been just a bit more in a hurry I'd have had a few very close calls.
Winter riding is much less about badassery and much more about bundle-uppery. - malkin
1995 Kona Cinder Cone commuterFrankenbike/Selle Italia SLR Lady Gel Flow
2008 white Nakamura Summit Custom mtb/Terry Falcon X
2000 Schwinn Fastback Comp road bike/Specialized Jett