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It's happened to me before on the freeway where someone looked right at me and then just cut right into the space I happened to be occupying. In that case, they wanted to take the exit that was fast approaching, and it felt like "Sorry, but your bike doesn't stand a chance against my car and I really need to be in the lane where you're at so that I can exit. So move out of the way or suffer the consequences". The experience this past week was even more frustrating because this motorist was basically just playing "chicken" with myself and others out on the freeway for no apparent reason. Apparently that's how they were getting their kicks that particular day. Pretty sad.
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There are probably tens of millions of drivers in the U.S. that shouldn't be behind the wheel. And I'm not referring to the a-hole aggressive drivers that do it intentionally. I'm referring to the combination of an aging population that refuse to stop driving and their doctors that throw drugs at them for every little thing.
Just this Friday I was out front of my home talking to a longtime neighbor. He had a knee replaced 10 years ago and refused to take the rehab seriously. He wound up worse than before the replacement, can hardly walk or stand without holding onto something. Well, his 'good' knee started giving him problems and he went back to the doctor. The surgeon, probably not wanting to even get involved with him again since he was so non compliant the first time, just gave him some Percocet. Well, while speaking with this neighbor I realized he's on the verge of hallucinations, the crazy things he was talking about. And he also laughed when telling me that when he went out to dinner the night before, the parking valet had to physically lift his leg into his pickup truck for him.
It's bad with all the texting drivers, add old age and drugs to the mix and I'm sometimes thinking it's almost not worth the risk to ride anymore. We're on the road with these people who are completely out of it!
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The only thing that makes riding in freeway traffic reasonable in Seattle is the carpool lanes. Without them, I'd be better off riding my horse to work. It also helps to separate my bike from 80% of the traffic.
