Ya know, it was cold this morning, and after I got to work, even though it's gonna be 69 this afternoon, I'm GLAD I wimped out!!! Was doing the last 6 miles of my commute, merging onto I-84 from Rt. 7, when some F#Q@Q@$! idiot in a pickup comes barreling up behind me in a pickup, swerves around the line of traffic waiting their turn to merge onto 84, and SQUEEZES between me and the guard rail dividing our lane with the other road merging onto 7 (who the F#$& puts TWO separate roads onto ONE onramp?!!!), swerves in and out of traffic and comes to a stop in line in front of me about 6 cars ahead. Had I not seen him coming and edged over about a foot as much as I could, he would have creamed my car, and God forbid I took the bike this morning, and he had creamed me, well.... This is the 2nd such incident in less than a week, and almost the same circumstances (and both on I-84), and I am seriously considering parking my bike except for evening and weekend rides up where I live. The first part of the commute is always nice, relaxed, even with some traffic, but it seems like as soon as people merge onto I-84, they turn into freaks and animals!!!! Unfortunately, there is NO practical alternative to this last couple miles on I-84, so I'm kind of screwed, but I value my life (and my bike) too much!!! Don't think I'm going to be racking up nearly the mileage I used to, but at least I'll be alive to rack up those fewer miles!!! Freaking idiot drivers!!!!
