01-26-2023, 11:08 PM
Rboe's point about distracted drivers is right on the mark. I had a beautiful Miata, which was totaled in 2019 by the driver of a 20ton gravel truck who rear-ended me as I was going through a left turn at a traffic light. I was not going slow, and I know that at some point he could no longer see the car as it disappeared below his line of sight, but, if I'd been on a bike, my widow would be writing this. He kept hitting me until I floored it, then stopped and jumped out and started yelling at him in the middle of the intersection. He looked at me like "Where did that old geezer come from?"
The Miata was a great car, and by far, one of my favorites, but it is way too small. My six-foot-five son-in-law could only sit in it with the top down and he was looking over the windshield.
It's a zoo out there.