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Every summer there is an influx of bicyclists on the roads through here. I think Hwy 15 is on some kind of bike trail and these people come riding through with their overloaded cross-country bikes. I don't know where they come from or where they're going, but they scare the human waste out of me. With all the construction on 15 right now there are daily accidents. Usually just fender benders but there have been some very serious ones. Last week one of the flagger ladies got run over and had to be helicopter-ed out to a major trauma center (I understand she's in stable condition now). THe roads are too narrow, the coal trucks too aggressive (Go ahead and run that red light pal. I'll wait.). There are very very few 'neighborhoods' where kids can ride their bikes up and down the sidewalk in front of the house or 'round the cul-de-sac. Kids around here don't even learn to ride bikes because there's just no place to go; they're more likely to drive an ATV before they can ride a bike.
I'm not blaming the cyclists, I wish I was fit enough to join them, but I wouldn't do it around here.
Anyway, I thought this looked like a good idea an I thought I'd share.