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ARE YOU A SUNDAY DRIVER?
I just finished my bike ride. I'm a regular bicycler, and today was my 5th ride this week. It's a gorgeous day, sunny and pleasant at about 72 degrees this morning. It's also Sunday...
I'm always aware of traffic patterns. As a bicyclist it's safest way to insure an accident-free ride. What I noticed today surprised and disturbed me. There I was, enjoying a beautiful Sunday ride and there were crazed drivers all around me.
Now, during weekdays I often bicycle while most people are on their way to work. Today, compared to a weekday, was insane. The driving was more erratic. Cars were moving way beyond acceptable speed limits. Had this been just one car or two it likely wouldn't have stuck with me so strongly, but it was nearly every car that passed by. Some even honked at me as I pedaled along and I haven't been honked at in a couple of years.
The proverbial straw was when a Chevy Lumina came flying around my left side, missing me by inches, only to brake hard and pull into a church on my right for early services.
Now I can be a bit ornery and I thought for a moment about pulling right in and following them into church. I said to myself, "Could there be a better place to spread message I want to spread today?"