The CHP were out stopping cyclists today. It looks like they and the
Paradise Supervisor are serious about wanting to put a stop to all
this "flipping off cars" stuff and the hostile relationship between
cyclists and cars it has fostered.

If you try to be a bit more polite we might manage to make the drivers
feel a bit less threatened.

Although the drivers are zipping around in 5,000 lbs of steel, a
cyclist or two can be quite intimidating when you are late and trying
to hurry to town while negotiate a narrow and windy road being on the
cell phone working out your latest important deal.

It is kind of like with red lights in town. As a cyclist, you need to
make sure, that although you have a green light, you are not getting
in the way of the 2 or 3 drivers who need to get through their red light.

Although you might think that you, as pedestrians, are a soft kind of
traffic, you really morally need to be forgiving to the vehicles. The
have unwritten rights that, as your can see, our local politicians and
law enforcement are more than glad to help out with.

So, watch out if you absolutely have to ride, or better yet, take your
car.