Bike ‘no match for car’

Dear Editor:

Kudos to the young man in the white baseball cap who stopped his bike at the four-way stop on Beatty Line and 18 on June 23 at about 8pm. And a pox on the young man who rode right through that stop without even a sideways glance to look for traffic.

He was at a speed that it was clearly obvious he had no intention of slowing down, let alone stopping. No thought to have a look for oncoming traffic. It was evident that these young men were together but one of them seemed to have no idea of the rules of the road, or care either. 

The young man in the white cap was yelling at his friend and he shrugged him off. Oh well, nothing happened, it doesn’t matter. 

But I would disagree. The white cap was waving me through and I was hesitating because the sun was setting and sunglasses or not, the sun was very bright. 

My waiting was the only reason that the young man who rode through that intersection was not involved in an accident. It would have been a great way to start summer holidays. 

I’ll will add, now that Highway 6 is closed for construction, traffic on Beatty Line is only going to get heavier. A bicycle is no match for a car.

Joanne MacDonald,
Fergus