Aware
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I've read enough threads to realize that LEO cannot act on videos of bad driving sent to them. So I am not asking about that.
Yesterday I took a friend up Mount Hamilton in my pickup truck.
I have often witnessed typical scary driving, where car drivers, for whatever reason, are crossing the double yellows in blind corners. I have been faced with them many times while I ride.
But yesterday I found myself following a car driver (in a compact) who had all 4 wheels on the left lane while approaching blind left hand turns. I don't have any way to grasp how these drivers think while they are doing this.
Meanwhile I am sitting there in Chevy Colorado truck only putting a wheel on or over the yellows on the couple of exceedingly narrow stretches.
I wanted to have a word with the driver, but decided against because of the potential for unintended escalation (there's nothing wrong with my driving - you are going to kill people - are you calling me fat? ...)
So my question:
Does LEO have tools in place to raise driver awareness of the potential lethality of such driving?
I mean - do such drivers actually get way without actually killing scores of bikers and cyclists on roads like Mount Hamilton, thus being allowed to think that they are doing just fine?
I realize that it is difficult to commit resources to patrolling roads like Mount Hamilton, and I think I can speak for most riders and say we really don't want you there in case you find us doing 45mph or something ;-) But a few "please don't kill a biker today" signs or *something* to raise awareness would be nice.
Yesterday I took a friend up Mount Hamilton in my pickup truck.
I have often witnessed typical scary driving, where car drivers, for whatever reason, are crossing the double yellows in blind corners. I have been faced with them many times while I ride.
But yesterday I found myself following a car driver (in a compact) who had all 4 wheels on the left lane while approaching blind left hand turns. I don't have any way to grasp how these drivers think while they are doing this.
Meanwhile I am sitting there in Chevy Colorado truck only putting a wheel on or over the yellows on the couple of exceedingly narrow stretches.
I wanted to have a word with the driver, but decided against because of the potential for unintended escalation (there's nothing wrong with my driving - you are going to kill people - are you calling me fat? ...)
So my question:
Does LEO have tools in place to raise driver awareness of the potential lethality of such driving?
I mean - do such drivers actually get way without actually killing scores of bikers and cyclists on roads like Mount Hamilton, thus being allowed to think that they are doing just fine?
I realize that it is difficult to commit resources to patrolling roads like Mount Hamilton, and I think I can speak for most riders and say we really don't want you there in case you find us doing 45mph or something ;-) But a few "please don't kill a biker today" signs or *something* to raise awareness would be nice.