Close Call Road Biker Nearly Head On Collision Drive Defensively

Close Call Road Biker Nearly Head On Collision Drive Defensively

I have to believe that the number one tip anyone can pass along when it comes to motor vehicles is to drive defensively. You can not stop motorists from doing stupid things on the road and there is just no stopping drunk or texting drivers.  All you can do is to keep alert.  At least that's what I try to do and its saved my butt a few times over the years and it came in handy yesterday while riding my road bike.

There are two things that I notice drivers do that makes me just wish I owned a shoulder fired rocket launcher so that I could just take these morons out.  The first thing I see more and more of is an oncoming motorist coming around a bend in the road and driving over the centerline and in my lane.  Do these motorist feel that no one will be using the other side of the road and its just fine to ignore the center line?? 

And the other thing I don't get is when an oncoming motorist comes across something blocking their lane like a parked delivery truck that instead of waiting for traffic to be clear before going around the truck they simply drive right into oncoming traffic forcing other drivers to the shoulder.

So, that's what happened to me yesterday while riding my bike. A woman in an oncoming car came upon two pedestrians on her side of the street and instead of stopping and waiting for me to pass she just pulled into my lane and headed directly for me. Did she not see me?  I doubt it.  Just another case of an arrogant driver who couldn't wait 5 seconds to let the road clear for her use.

In a perfect world we would all own Star Wars like blasters and be able to dish out immediate justice on these life forms - but its not a perfect world, so lets use our heads and just be careful out there.

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