On Sat, 01 Jun 2019 23:36:54 -0400, Joy Beeson
wrote:

[snip]

. . . -- on Pierceton
Road, I get tired of being alert, so I cut over on 250 E to Wooster or
go south to Wilcox. Perhaps that is what he means by "fitness and
speed".

Pierceton road is in the sour spot of traffic. On a busy road, there
is always a car behind you, and you continuously deal with it. On a
back road, you can relax until you hear a motor a mile away getting
gradually louder. On Pierceton, it's * signal that I've seen him, get
over to let him by, resume normal riding for up to a minute, repeat
from *. It's exhausting.

And no, I can't just mope along in the "please pass me" lane; that
leaves me no way to notifiy the overtaking driver that I'm aware of
him. And if he doesn't see that I've gotten over just for him, he'll
think I'm a stationary object.

In continuous traffic, each driver can see that the previous vehicle
has moved over, and knows that overtaking is being done.

And on US 30, one can ride where there is plenty of clearance already
and nobody needs to move over. Pity one can't do it for more than a
mile or two without getting a flat.

--
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