| Re: Get off the ROAD!!! (Another bike commuting story)
On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 08:47:53 -0400, ".o0 0o." <els1400@yahoo.comSOCKS>
wrote:
>Friday, while I was riding home from work I came to a stop behind a car
>at a red light The car had a large box in the trunk and it's hazard
>lights were flashing. We took off when the light turned green. The
>driver of the car was obviously very worried about dumping the payload
>on the road. So at about 21 or 22mph his speed no longer increased. I
>had been doing 27 - 30mph up to that point. I decided he was going too
>slow for me and I would pass him. So I looked behind me and the road
>was clear. I pulled out and got around the car. I pulled back over to
>the right and kept going. I pulled away from the car and finished my
>ride. I only had to go about one more mile, but that was the first time
>I can remember passing a car on the left .
>
>Get off the road? No, not really.
Did you ring your bell, or say 'Bike up' as you rode by his window?
;-D
-B
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