Dave Brown

Phew

My drive home tonight felt like some sort of traffic safety exam.

The drive was full of lots of lovely cars swerving and changing lanes at the last moment with no notice, people on bicycles only rarely looking where they were going, and people with only a vague at best concept of such things as “traffic lights” and “lanes”. At one point, a little kid actually ran out into the road directly in front of me! Also, the ride was oddly-populated by old guys driving big bikes—I noticed a Harley Sportster 1200 and a BMW R1200 especially—really really fast. That was a bit disconcerting, yes.

Fortunately I apparently passed—nobody was hurt, nobody got driven into, and nobody got knocked off their bikes. And here I am, home.