Posts Tagged ‘ dumb moves ’

A Teachable Moment for Traffic Flow and Courtesy

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May 14, 2011
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Traffic flow is dynamic. It often has different characteristics at different times of day. It is also influenced by road design as well as upstream and downstream interchanges. Once you understand these influences, you can predict and exploit these patterns for easy travel through complex situations.
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Dumb Moves: Obliviousness

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March 16, 2010

I’ve had two “where’s the video camera when I need it!” moments in 2 days. Yesterday Brad Kuhn (the ED of the new Central Florida FBA chapter) and I were riding back from Maitland on Denning when we witnessed the most bizarre stupid-cyclist-trick I’ve yet seen. The cyclist was riding just right of center in the...
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Why do they do that?

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September 26, 2009
Why do they do that?

“How stupid can you be?!” Yeah I did. I lost my composure and yelled at Mr. Head-up-his-@$$ as he stopped at the stop sign NEXT TO ME, 3/4 in the oncoming lane. Lucky for him the car on our left was not turning right. I don’t think...
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Dumb Moves: They Hurt My Eyes

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November 21, 2008
Dumb Moves: They Hurt My Eyes

Warning: I’m cranky. The pink line on the photo above is the course taken by a bike rider this morning. He rode the wrong way on Virginia (I’m not sure how far), then crossed into the Brian’s parking lot, wiggled through the parked cars—intermittently with one, or no, hands on the handlebars—swooped across Orange...
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~H.G. Wells