Bicycle commuting is awesome; just remember that vehicle drivers do insane things. Do not assume that a green light by itself means it’s safe to cross. Drivers

Bicycle commuting is awesome; just remember that vehicle drivers do insane things. Do not assume that a green light by itself means it’s safe to cross. Drivers do insane things. After a while, you get a sixth sense of who is going to do what. You go over things in your head a thousand times that will one day save your life. Like, if that truck pulls out in front of you, do you bounce off his broadside and try to roll out of oncoming traffic, or do you cut right and try to get behind his rear wheel instead of underneath it. A few days ago I was waiting to cross a street and two cars blew through a red light at the same time, one of them turned left, and the other car smashed them head on and sent the car spinning right over to where I had been standing. I got out of the way, ditched the bike, and started pulling people out of the cars, fully expecting an explosion or something gruesome inside. Nothing left of the front end of either car, but airbags are a darn miracle. The worst either of them will have to deal with is a few dollars higher premiums. Moral hazard. Watch out.