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| Potholius Domesticus |
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| Was this Engineer on Drugs? |
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| Across the Street [did his drugs wear off?] |
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| Looks nice but don't run into this Curb |
A few more Hazards I would like to point out while Pedaling in Paradise today. Potholes are the scourage of both cars and bicycles but even more so to us pedalers in terms of potential injuries. In cars the cost can be expensive due to broken suspension systems but if we pedalers get a compound fracture, it can cost over $20,000 so we could buy a new car instead of getting medical help :-] {Not recommended} Now I can see why pedalers need a headlight at night so as not to fall into a hole and break 3 or 4 bones. I compensate for no headlight by going slower and riding only on familiar roads where the holes are well known to me [Unless someone just dug a new hole which would really upset me] Be extra vigilant about watching out for Potholes because in this day of cutbacks and austerity measures, I'm sure the Pothole problem will only get worse for the time being. So use your common sense if you have any, it will save you time and money not to mention less stress. The next Hazard I would like to point out is the crazy insane zigzag sidewalk to the road hazard. If you look in the pic at the top you will see the zigzag sidewalk. If you are riding fast, you wil never negotiate the sharp turn soon enough and will careen over the curb to your doom. What is weird is the next pic showing the other side of the street. The sidewalk there is perfectly straight right out to the road. Its like the engineer is taunting us pedalers. The last pic is of another lunacy of Curbs Gone Wild. Its nice to protect your flowers but these plants should be out beside the curb by the edge of the road, NOT on a newly designed curb next to the sidewalk where little kids can crash into it and get hurt. Those prescious flowers are not worth a kid's broken arm or leg. When will engineers realize that actual humans will need to be taken into account with their designs? This is Jimio saying "Be Careful and Ride with Caution and have Fun Pedaling To Paradise"
Moving the crosswalk away from the intersection may not be so crazy - I've heard of an idea to start moving the crosswalks farther away from the intersections, so that there is not so much confusion and activity when lights change etc. Where there are also bike lanes, there is also talk of doing this so that cyclists and peds have less of a chance of getting into each others way.
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