[SDCBC] avoiding hazards, what is reasonable...

[Wade Blomgren]

> Timbers don't belong in the road.

True that...double true.


What would be pretty neat (in a two wheeled brethren looking out for each
other no matter what the cagers do to bring us down sort of way) is if the
first cyclist to spot any given dangerous object were to routinely stop and
remove it from the roadway.

I have to admit that I have ridden by items that would obviously cause
problems were they not noticed in time.  In some cases it would have been a
bit  of work to get stopped and safely return to the location to deal with
it but I'm sure there have been times I saw things in plenty of time and
just didn't have the mindset to realize that I could and should react in
time to do something about it.

A  niche behavior I have been able to implement pretty reliably (perhaps
easier because I am moving slowly) is to stop and retrieve the glass bottles
that appear on the ramp from Roselle to 5 south (important to get that
brewski safely in your belly before your concentration and dexterity is
required on the freeway, I guess) before they are broken...inherently
selfish, of course, as once they break, and they always do, they are liable
to cause me flats on subsequent days, but I still feel pretty OK about it.
I lug them up to campus and put them into a recycle bin, because I'm a
panglossian tree hugging dweeb, but even  just chucking them onto the
shoulder is better than nothing.   I'm going to make an effort to expand my
debris awareness and reaction repertoire...who's with me?

Wade
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