“Must others be careful for you?”

This little ad caught my eye as I read some 1932 copies of The Highway Magazine yesterday.  Highway Magazine is an amazing walk through history for me, partly because my grandfather edited it from the 1920′s to the 1960′s. I was reading a volume of 1932 magazines because I was interested in what was going on just before Roosevelt took over the presidency from Hoover.

Safety information is something that goes on most bicycle maps.  As a parent of two girls, I bicycle with them in conditions that aren’t ideal.  My mantra is, “Cars don’t see bikes.”

Inattentive and generally bad drivers are everywhere, even on quiet neighborhood streets with traffic calming.  A street, regardless of whether it is pleasant for bicycling or walking, is not good when you get hit by a driver who was looking for vehicles, not people.

The other day, a lady yelled at me because she didn’t see my daughter and I on our tandem as she came up on us from behind.  What can you say to somebody like this?