2. Roads with multiple lanes often speed limits of 40-45 mph and no shoulders forcing cyclists to use the side walk or take their chances in fast moving traffic.
3. Twisting, turning country back roads with no shoulder and no guard rails and no street lights. In fact we have very few street lights around here no matter where you go.
4. Cyclists who ride side by side instead of single file on narrow winding roads.
5. People riding ebikes swinging and swerving from sidewalk into the right lane of traffic and back on the sidewalk ignoring traffic lights and traffic controls signs and failing to yield to people walking on sidewalks or in crosswalks. They ride like they are in a pinball machine or something.
6. We have no shortage of air heads and people not paying any attention to what they are doing. That goes for drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians. And don't get me going on idiot kids on skate boards.
7. Impatient vacationers.
8. Add to this the deep pot holes that are developing and not being fixed which force drivers if they can't straddle to dodge along with cyclists dodging as well.
9. I think the 40mph club is headquartered here. Their members are dedicated to driving 40 mph regardless of where they are, in parking lots or highways. It's all the same to them.
And this is not a city but a town mixed with residential developments of single family homes, condos, farmland and parks. Once a week we hear the sounds of police and emergency vehicle sirens. Drive into our nearby cities and the road system is inadequate for the population and current growth adding to driver frustration and traffic snarls.


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Why Drivers Hit Cyclists They Clearly See: - Ken C June 27, 2026, 9:26 am
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