Hey share the road!
07-11-11, 07:47 AM
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Hey share the road!
https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/post/V...?urn=top-wp166
Motorist fails to "share the road" on the TDF.
Motorist fails to "share the road" on the TDF.
07-11-11, 10:01 AM
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07-12-11, 07:51 AM
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Nice. He was avoiding that tree. On one hand, hitting that tree would of a caused a much worse pile up.
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It looked to me that the driver did not have to swerve to miss the tree, of course things on video look differently than in real life.
07-12-11, 08:12 AM
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Wow! If the driver DID have to swerve maybe they should have sped up so as to not hit any of the riders in the event they were covering. Just a thought.
07-12-11, 02:08 PM
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07-14-11, 10:25 PM
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I had an STR(Share The Road) incident today. I was 'taking the lane', when a local company vehicle came within less than a foot of my left leg. I chased the vehicle to their job site, got the phone number of the company along with the vehicle's #. The driver made some nasty remark and I told him he would find out what I had to say about it later on.
I left a message with his supervisor and, talked with one of the company's officers'(CAO, CEO, CFO, CIO, CMO, COO, CTO). Neither one of the people I talked to were aware of the traffic code pertaining to cyclists(what a surprise). I am going to double-check tomorrow, to make sure they didn't blow me off.
I left a message with his supervisor and, talked with one of the company's officers'(CAO, CEO, CFO, CIO, CMO, COO, CTO). Neither one of the people I talked to were aware of the traffic code pertaining to cyclists(what a surprise). I am going to double-check tomorrow, to make sure they didn't blow me off.
