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Mark Smigel
Guest
For those who ride rural and main routes... which part of the U.S. has the most problematic drivers
and attitudes?
I'm not a cyclist (not yet at least), but I've avidly read a few cross-country logs over the years,
and it seems northern Florida near the coastal bend keeps recurring as a problem area in terms of
dangerous drivers and cyclist-unfriendly sentiments. Much of Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas seem
to play runner-up. The contrast is even more surprising when I read about, for example, a trip from
Little Rock to Wichita... the aura seems to flip 180 degrees for the better about halfway through.
Also, for what it's worth, I seem to keep stumbling into accounts of dog packs roaming western
Kentucky -- I guess that area is bad for cycling in?
Hopefully I'm not broadbrushing too much with this... I'm mostly interested in the patterns I
keep seeing.
MJ
and attitudes?
I'm not a cyclist (not yet at least), but I've avidly read a few cross-country logs over the years,
and it seems northern Florida near the coastal bend keeps recurring as a problem area in terms of
dangerous drivers and cyclist-unfriendly sentiments. Much of Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas seem
to play runner-up. The contrast is even more surprising when I read about, for example, a trip from
Little Rock to Wichita... the aura seems to flip 180 degrees for the better about halfway through.
Also, for what it's worth, I seem to keep stumbling into accounts of dog packs roaming western
Kentucky -- I guess that area is bad for cycling in?
Hopefully I'm not broadbrushing too much with this... I'm mostly interested in the patterns I
keep seeing.
MJ