Commuting Report: Week 2

Howdy.

I biked to class 4 days this week (Monday I had a sinus headache and chose
to bus it) for about 60 miles total distance. Beautiful fall weather this
week; wonderful time to be out on a bike. A long-sleeved t-shirt and shorts
are perfect at 7C.

I've noticed a disturbing driver behaviour. Drivers approaching a stop sign
seem to ignore their left and look to the right. Eventually they look left.
They do this even when they want to turn right. While that would make sense
in places where they drive on the wrong side of the road, in places where we
drive on the right side of the road, it's just plain scary.

It's amazing the things you see when you travel at 12 miles an hour vs 35
miles an hour. If I was seeing things correctly, I saw milk actually being
delivered to a residence! I haven't seen that in decades.

I'm not in as good shape as I'd thought I was. By Friday, my legs were
pretty well worn out. Thankfully (no pun intended) we have a long weekend.

Regards

Jeff

Sat, 11 Oct 2003 14:36:16 -0500,
, "Jeff"
wrote, in part:

I've noticed a disturbing driver behaviour. Drivers approaching a stop sign
seem to ignore their left and look to the right. Eventually they look left.
They do this even when they want to turn right.

Drivers are primarily looking for traffic to which they must yield
instead of their usual rolling stop. They're assuming you will respect
'their' right-of-way.

It's amazing the things you see when you travel at 12 miles an hour vs 35
miles an hour.

It also leads to finding interesting, sometimes valuable, or at least,
useful items along the way.
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zk