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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In response to your comments above, recently I almost got killed by a vehicle that crossed a double line onto my lane because he rounded a curve (50mph zone) and there were two idiots riding bikes in the middle of the two-lane narrow road.  He either took them out or crossed the double yellow line.  He crossed the double yellow line.  I came around the next curve and found him on my lane.  In a split second, it was either take out the spandex jerk-offs to my left, or drive my car into a ditch to my right.  Thank God I had an option, and drove my car into a ditch.  I had no choice.  The bicyclists never stopped, never indicated in any way they almost caused a tragedy, and as far as I know they couldn't have cared less.  They clearly saw my car driven into the ditch, and unless they're brain-dead, they understood what happened.

Now, what is that you're saying about stopping the stereotyping?

It's time to hold them accountable for their extremely irresponsible behavior.[/quote]

I’m no fan of cyclists in general, but the situation you describe is the fault of the driver who ran you off the road. If he needed to swerve into oncoming traffic, it was because he took the corner too quickly to be able to safely react to whatever might have been around the bend.  [/quote]

I don't agree with you.  Assuming he rounded the curve at the posted speed limit, there was no way he was going to avoid hitting the bikers in the middle of the road on the other side of the curve.  He did the only thing he could do.  What he should have done was brake immediately, and gotten back on his lane as soon as he could.

What do you suppose I should have done if I had not had a ditch to drive my car into?  Take a head-on car crash going 50mph, the other car 50mph, or driven my car over the double yellow line and counted on the bicyclists to push their bikes to the edge of their side of the road?  This is a road that has seen several bicyclist fatalities in the past.

These people showed ZERO concern for me.  Like I said, they kept going, looking straight ahead.  Do you think they would have hung around if there had been a head-on car crash?  I doubt it.  They would have pulled a disappearance act very fast.

It was me that time.  Next time, it might be you, or your spouse, or your teen-aged kids who don't have the experience to react quickly, or your parents, or your best friend.  Please think about it.  It was a very close call for me.[/quote]

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