Luckily I wasn't directly involved...
Yesterday on my commute home I was stopped at a rural stoplight facing west waiting to turn to the left. Two teenagers on BMX bikes were riding to the south when the light changed. While the southbound cars stopped, these kids both ran the light, passing right in front of an accelerating FORD F-250. I entirely expected one of them to get hit, but by some good fortune the driver of the truck had seen them coming and slowed down.
As I caught them, I told them how lucky they really were, and gave them the "Same Roads, Same Rules, Same Rights" lecture. I'm sure it went in one ear and out the other.
Ride like a car folks - Ride safe.
About Me
- GeekCyclist
- Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- I am a software developer building data-centric web applications using ASP.Net, c# and either SQL Server or Oracle. I am also a transportation cycling advocate, scoutmaster, basketball fan, husband and father. (Attributes not necessarily listed in order of importance...)
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