Aspiring to be a roadside monument

[infinitemonkies]

So I'm on my way home from a poker game last night. It's about 1am, it's dark, and I'm on an unlit street in a subdivision I'm not particularly familiar with.

This particular street happens to be one-way. It also happens to go down a fairly steep hill and winds left at the bottom.

Imagine my surprise as I come literally face-to-face with a 12 year on a bike.
Dressed in all black, no helmet, no lights, no reflectors.
Going the wrong way, right in the middle of the road, a one-way street, with no visibility, and in the dark.

If I'd been driving instead of on my own bike, he'd be dead.
And on his death certificate, the cause should be listed as suicide.

[Kurisu313]

Imagine my surprise as I come literally face-to-face with a 12 year on a bike.
Dressed in all black, no helmet, no lights, no reflectors.
Going the wrong way, right in the middle of the road, a one-way street, with no visibility, and in the dark.

*facepalm*

Oh well, it's just a kind of natural selection I suppose...

[DGoddessChardonnay]

*facepalm*

Oh well, it's just a kind of natural selection I suppose...

Sad part is, had that happened here in my neighborhood, there'd be instead a public outcry over stupid drivers.

Nevermind that little Pwechoius was out riding his bike at night with NO reflectors or helmet, much less driving the wrong way.

[Mnemjian]

Nevermind that little Pwechoius was out riding his bike at night with NO reflectors or helmet, much less driving the wrong way.

Yeah, somehow those sorts of details always seem to get misplaced...

[blas]

Same here.

Last year, when a cyclist was killed by an SUV (and the cyclist was riding in the road thinking he was a car and he decided he was too special to stop for a red light even though he was using the same lanes that vehicles were using!) there was a big public outcry about irresponsible drivers and "share the road with bicycles!" and the SUV driver got a lot of flack, even though he/she was found to be not at fault and probably was already in enough mental pain knowing that he/she KILLED somebody!

[mattm04]

A few days ago when turning on to my street off the main road, at about 5 MPH their were several kids playing in the road on bikes and scooters about 5-10 ft in. Now the road is dug into a hill so you cant see around the corner until you make the turn if you are entering.

Mommey was near by and flipped me the bird. Yeah, it's my fault you are letting you kids play in the rod, around a blind corner. You driveway is completely empty, USE IT.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Mommey was near by and flipped me the bird. Yeah, it's my fault you are letting you kids play in the rod, around a blind corner. You driveway is completely empty, USE IT.

Oh yes . . . the "You're Number 1" sign . . . *sigh*

But she can't use her driveway . . . her pwechious snowflakes might get hit by a car.

The logic alone scares me