Dear Drivers of Johnson County,
I know, you’re very nervous being around bicyclists. They are unfamiliar to you, foreign. And you have probably not ridden a bike since you were kid, so you don’t really know what it’s like to be a bicyclist.
So let me give you a bit of advice: be consistent. Be predictable. Don’t stop in the middle of the street to let me go ahead when I’m the one with the stop signs. And for the love of god, USE YOUR BLINKERS. Not just for bicyclists, but for your fellow drivers as well.
In return, I will be predictable as well. I will heed stop signs (at least to the point of yielding and pretending to stop if you are around). I will signal using arm commands, unless it isn’t safe for me to do so (those same arms are connected to the hands that have to both steer and stop my bike, so sometimes they are a bit busy).
We can co-exist, we both just have to do our part!
xoxo
Carolyn
