Apparently, I’m not the only one who has started commuting by bicycle lately, as this article in the most recent Economist points out. I find it very easy to imagine some of the bicyclist/driver altercations they describe.
I was almost nailed at a four-way stop at the beginning of the summer by a guy who rolled through a stop sign while talking on his cellphone. He didn’t just roll; he looked like he was going to come to a complete stop, and then gunned it just as I was crossing. He didn’t even know I was there (despite my safety-orange shirt). Just last week some lady in a minivan decided that she really wanted to make the green light that we were approaching. We were on [...]