For the most part, I'd rather take riding next to the cars going 45 over the people on the bike path. Cars move in fairly predictable ways, even when they're violating a traffic law or two. I can normally figure out what's going on with even a moderately distracted driver. But the bike path... is the eight year old in front of me suddenly going to slam on her brakes leading to someone going over their handlebars? is the jogger coming toward me going to veer left or veer right so we can pass each other? How to you navigate when there are five different people moving at all different speeds all getting to the same point on the path at once?
And I do my best to stop at all the stop signs, though I'll admit to the occasional 'Michigan roll stop' when there's no one else at the intersection so I don't have to worry about the dread zero speed bike crash if I can't get a shoe unclipped in time.
And I do my best to stop at all the stop signs, though I'll admit to the occasional 'Michigan roll stop' when there's no one else at the intersection so I don't have to worry about the dread zero speed bike crash if I can't get a shoe unclipped in time.
Well, at least I thought she consciously recognized him, but I was wrong. She proceeded to apply pressure to the gas pedal on her new mustang while appearing to look directly at the man. I had my window rolled down and yelled at her as I about had a heart attack. She narrowly missed the elderly man as he jumped back a few feet, probably having a couple of heart attacks. The driver did stop, but was still yapping on the phone. The man seemed okay, but shaken, so I didn't stop. When I came back by 15 minutes later, both were still there, looking like they were waiting for the cops. I just don't get it. 
