Anyone else hear about this

[Quillback]

4 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I’m a daily cyclist and never ride on the road.   We have a lot of trails near me and I can get to them via sidewalks.   I used to ride my bike to drop off and pick up my truck for service.  It’s about 8 of the most nerve racking miles you could have 😂.   Check a text, hit a bike😆

Bikes, schmikes.  Seems like every time I drive over to Cape Fair on HWY 76, there's something to dodge and it is never bikes.  It is a curvy, hilly road with a 55 MPH speed limit.  Couple of weeks ago, in the pre-dawn darkness, came around a sharp curve doing 50 or so and there's 2 dudes standing in my lane, there was a truck and and suv parked there, off the road for the most part, and those 2 standing out in the road, no idea why and didn't have time to look to see why they were there.  If there had been a vehicle oncoming in the other lane, I don't know what I would've done, but there wasn't fortunately.  Would've been a split second decision, either take those 2 out or take a head-on. No good answer.

[fishinwrench]

43 minutes ago, Quillback said:

Would've been a split second decision, either take those 2 out or take a head-on. No good answer.

It's no fun to go anywhere anymore.  1 out of every 20 vehicles you meet don't seem to care whether they crash or not.  

You've got folks on anti-depressants, Kids that are stoned, Veterans with PTSD that are on meds and drunk, Women that are PMSing and hate their life,  Old farts that can't see, People that have to follow GPS maps to get to their destination, People so buried in debt and worry that they would just as soon die in a crash as to live another day, YouTube & Onlyfan superstars that have to check their prompts immediately everytime their phone DINGs.....I could go on & on. 

Instead of guard rails to keep them out of the woods, we need 6'high concrete barriers, in the center, to keep them in their own LANES ! 

[Maverickpro201]

11 hours ago, jdmidwest said:

I think it was the blonde in shorts leaving road apples that got us off track. She was on a bike.

What Bike

[Maverickpro201]

10 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

If I had one here that needed a hug I certainly would.   But all of the ones that I'm responsible for are out stirring water like they are supposed to be doing. 👍 

I really love the Evinrude's

[Terrierman]

On 11/16/2023 at 10:07 PM, aarchdale@coresleep.com said:

I frequent parched corn a Smyrna, I live in Waterford and my parents live over by Linden, so im always in between on those back roads

I'm the first lane with a mailbox on the South side of Smyrna just East of Smyrna Baptist Church.  It's a good neighborhood with lots of walkers and bike riders, both kinds of bikes.  We've only been here 12 years now.