On the ride to work yesterday, I was sort of perplexed with how hard it seemed for a car to pass me on Middle Rd. It's a wide, clean road with a good shoulder. But it got passed me without incident, so no harm no foul, right?
Then it came to a complete stop, 30' from the stop sign splitting the right and left turn lanes. I need to get to work, so I pull around the car on the left side (I was turning left). The woman is holding her phone out in front of her face.
You can guess what I shouted at her.
She looked back at me like a defiant child.
Everyone says they are in favor of tougher distracted driving laws, but the consequence of such doesn't seem to be having the right effect. Informally I'd say 1/3 of the drivers I see are on the phone. Are you?
Since it seems unlikely that you'll actually be punished for breaking the law, consider this:
IF YOU KILL SOMEONE THEY DON'T COME BACK. THEIR FAMILY IS LEFT WITHOUT A SON, A DAUGHTER, SISTER, BROTHER, MOTHER OR FATHER. YOU MIGHT BE PUNISHED BUT THEY WILL BE DEAD.
HUMAN LIFE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOUR FUCKING PHONE CALL!
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Sunday, October 20, 2013
The Pathlete
Twice this past week our paths have crossed. First time you were headed towards me, as I said hello on the busy rail trail you spit across my lane of travel.
Second time as you pulled along side me, I nodded and said hello. You kept your steely gaze straight forward as you powered down the bike path in your aerobars.
As you weaved through walkers, joggers, mom's pushing strollers, etc, my curiosity was peeked. I wanted to see why such as serious athlete was using this multi-purpose trail for such an intense workout. I raised my cadence a bit, but alas, you turned down 177 before I could close the gap completely.
The thing is my friend, you weren't putting your money where your mouth was so to speak. You looked all serious in you matching kit, but you weren't really putting out the watts, but if you could really lay down some power you'd know better than doing so on a busy Saturday morning on a popular rail trail.
You did look cool though; I'm sure everyone you passed was very impressed.
Especially the moms with strollers.
Second time as you pulled along side me, I nodded and said hello. You kept your steely gaze straight forward as you powered down the bike path in your aerobars.
As you weaved through walkers, joggers, mom's pushing strollers, etc, my curiosity was peeked. I wanted to see why such as serious athlete was using this multi-purpose trail for such an intense workout. I raised my cadence a bit, but alas, you turned down 177 before I could close the gap completely.
The thing is my friend, you weren't putting your money where your mouth was so to speak. You looked all serious in you matching kit, but you weren't really putting out the watts, but if you could really lay down some power you'd know better than doing so on a busy Saturday morning on a popular rail trail.
You did look cool though; I'm sure everyone you passed was very impressed.
Especially the moms with strollers.
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