Replying to a message of TOM WALKER to ROGER NELSON:

 N>>> RS> Take it from a guy who's nearly been run over,
countless times on
 N>>> my RS> bicycle by older drivers.

 RN>> Did you have a license plate on your bicycle?  A headlamp?  Were you
 RN>> peddlin the wrong way up a one-way street?  Etc.  (-:

 TW> He is one of those "I OWN the Road, Make way for ME!!!

 TW> Bicyclists are the Second MOST Arrogant people on the Road. Blocking
 TW> Traffic, Blowing Stop Signs etc.  :-(

And some of them seem to have a death wish.  Several years ago driving home in
the predawn darkness I noted a line of cars coming toward me on the two lane,
shoulderless, unlighted semi-rural road, but they were going pretty slow.  When I
got close enough I saw some idiot on a bicycle in front of the pack - dark
clothes, dark
bike and no lights on it or on the rider.  The guy's lucky he didn't get
killed, and obviously
the driver immediately behind him was v-e-r-y observant.

 TW> The #1 spot belongs to BMW drivers!! :-) :-)

Back about 1988 I was in a bit of a hurry to get back home (to Plattsmouth, NE, at
the time) from Kearney, NE.  I was cruising along I-80 at about 80 mph in my 1968
Chrysler 300 (which cruises beautifully at that speed).  Some character in a black
BMW went by me like I was nailed to the road.  About 15 miles farther along the
road I noted that the state patrol had the BMW pulled over and the trooper was 
writing the guy the speeding ticket I should have got.   I prob'ly
shoulda stopped
to thank him but I managed to resist the impulse.

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