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Thursday, November 24, 2022

Ride in Raleigh - People who need to give up their driving license

I went for a ride from my brothers house in North Hills area in Raleigh, NC. I chose a route that we took when we drove down from DC. There are a lot of multi-lane roads here and lots of cyclists ride on these big roads. I ride them when I come. The backroads are far from my brothers house and it takes too much navigating to use them. The other advantage is this route is fairly level. I hadn't been riding much and my legs are not up to climbing a lot.

I rode out about 8 1/2 miles and stopped to rest. My speed had been about 16 mph which is a little fast for me. It was a beautiful 65 degree day in November. I had some water. I turned around there and headed back towards town on the same road. When I was almost back home a car passed me with great speed IN MY LANE! I claim the lane so there was no room for him to pass. He missed me by an inch at great speed. I'm not one to exaggerate. He passed with such speed and wrecklessness I was shocked. I caught up with him at the next traffic light. He was older and seemed to be clueless as I was adjusting his mirror for him. He didn't respond to any of my rants. Wow. He needs to have his license taken away.

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