Well a cyclist got hit on Hwy 101 a couple weeks ago. Its even on the new bike lane that I've written about in previous post. To tell you the honest truth, I thought that it was bound to happen so I'm not surprised. Like most cyclists like me that put on 3000-5000km/per year on BC roads, we see a lot of cars or trucks passing by us. A majority of what we see are good drivers that give some space but we also see a few drivers that get uncomfortably close. Whats that zone of comfortableness? 3-4 feet away is my zone. Sometimes (2-5 times/year) I get the WTF moments when I don't think that that driver saw me at all. It's these drivers that should be seeing a cyclist but it seems that it doesn't register that there is a human next to the road. Deer or other wildlife probably get more room on the road!
I've cycled through many places in BC this year. Kelowna, Nanaimo, Comox, Powell River, Sidney, Vancouver, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Ladner, Richmond, Mission, Chemanus, Mill Bay, Brentwood and of course on the Sunshine Coast. What I come to conclude is that Sunshine Coast drivers are the worst for ignoring cyclists on the road. I can't understand why, but the highway section between Gibsons and Sechelt is creepily terrible. The best place for drivers to give room to cyclists? West Van or North Vancouver Island. Yep Redneck or Yuppies areas seem to be a safe haven. If you are in a retirement or a hippy community like the Sechelt, Roberts Creek or Gibsons, look out the white hairs are coming to get you! My last brush was a grey car with bumper stickers - Ban Clearcut Logging and No Farms, No Food....f'in hippy!
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