Patrick: I will be very interested to hear of others' solutions to this dilemma. Frankly, my own solution, or so I think, would be to avoid riding in such situations as much as I could; not a good answer.
Giving a fervid, and even fevered, imagination the reins, I imagine a new Federal Law Enforcement Department staffed by men in black with bug/evil/alien wraparound shades, and carbines with thick, heavily finned barrels and laser sights, positioned on each such tight curve, aiming at any motorist who is so impatient he can't wait 15 seconds until he can pass safely. More! Federal statute GY 777 X (i) 3: To strictly limit the (i) horsepower and (ii) overall area occupied by vehicle at rest to a strictly proportional ratio to an algorithm composed of the driver's IQ, age, number of years driving, driving record, and habitual facial expression (though in no case to exceed for horsepower the driver's age, if male and under the age of 50). We might go back to the days when stronger riders on the steeper hills would, in words I once read in a bike book "picked off the slower automobiles." On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 12:22 PM, Deacon Patrick <lamontg...@mac.com> wrote: > On narrow mountain roads we take the lane, riding in the right tire track. > Thus, cars no longer run us off the road, but instead pass us after going > to the oncoming lane. That works great when there is clear sight line and > no oncoming traffic. Far too often, entitled drivers pass us anywhere, when > it is either a blind curve or there is clear oncoming traffic. This > happened 4 times this morning just getting out of our small mountain town > on y ride with our two eldest lassies. Four times oncoming traffic was > forced to stop and/or pull over for selfish drivers. > > Whenever I see this situation is about to happen, I try to signal the > driver coming up behind me (I always ride at the end of the bike line) by > putting my left hand out in the "Caution, slow" signal and if I hear them > still passing, I wave them back. This has caused a driver to slow down > exactly once out of countless times. > > Any ideas how to help the situation be smoother/better? > > With abandon, > Patrick > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
