Garage Sales
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Okay, so I think garage sales can be awesome, but has anyone noticed how scary people drive going to/from garage sales. It's like they are so intent on making it to the sale they ignore everything else.
Case in point: I was riding my 20-mile route yesterday. It was my second ride after two months off and I was doing pretty dang good for being out of shape. I was cruising along about 22 in a 25 (flat and perfect tail wind). All of a sudden, a car pulls across both lanes of traffic. I unclipped and slammed on my brakes in time to avoid the garage sale-r. Another female cyclist apparently was behind me and she passed saying, "Hey, are you okay?"
I told her I was and clipped back in. I was just startled and it took me a minute. I got back into my groove and continued on. About 2 miles from my parents' house, I had a guy BLARING on his horn at me. The road there is narrow and there are huge potholes on one side. The speed limit is 20, so I did a fast interval there and took the lane. I had every right to do so. He passed me with less than 2 ft of clearance and proceeded to cut me off so closely that I almost fell off my bike while clipped in trying to avoid hitting his car. We're talking he SLAMMED on his brakes. He then pulled into a garage sale.
I made it up the road to a four-way stop and had pretty well caught up to the other cyclist who had passed me. She was almost side-swiped by someone once more coming FROM a garage sale. The person didn't want to wait to turn. She pulled over and I pulled over to make sure she was okay because she almost got hit. It was CLOSE. She said that garage sales are the worst part of these nice days. By the time I got home, I was pretty shell-shocked. A lot more sales again today, so I was afraid to go back out. We weren't even in a hugely populated part of town. We were basically in the burbs. I am glad we were both okay, but I was livid by the time I got home. On the way there, another motorist flicked me off. Good times. Anyone else notice this trend?
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