Bike Lights are Awesome

This morning I decided to go for a little morning bike ride before work. It was a cool 40 degrees (F) outside which has left me chilled all day. Since I must get up at the butt-crack of dawn La Paz, Bolivia time (read: "early"), I adorn my bike with front and rear lights so as not to get hit by cars.

Now read that last part again: "...not to get hit by cars." Well Houston is not the most bike friendly city, and that is fine, it just makes me more aware to be on the lookout. This morning I was also dealing with drivers not paying attention, in order to validate the statement of "not to get hit by cars."

On multiple occasions, a car would pull up to a stop sign on a cross street. Instead of stopping, they would do a little rolling stop (not a full stop), and look both ways as they're moving across the street into the bike lane, at which point they would see me as I'm slamming on my brakes trying to move out of the path of the car. I've had this happen to me before, and usually it's no big deal, I am always watching them, but when it happens 5 times in one morning... it made me a bit weary. 5 times... really? Come on people... wake UP!

ps. apparently i just found out you can embed a video into the blog!