A disturbing article in today's local paper: a motorist didn't see the two bicyclists.

One of the cyclists died from the accident - which happened last Friday, just before noon. Sorry, (not really) but my sympathy goes out to the motorist.  Fact of life:  people driving cars and trucks (during the weekday) are either going to or from WORK, getting groceries, or on their way to pick up their kids from daycare, or going to the laundromat...in short, drivers are generally BUSY people.  People who have to get things done - so yeah, the roads and highways are generally stressful and dangerous places.

It isn't 1965 anymore, where everywhere you looked, kids were riding their bikes along the road.  Back in '65, there wasn't as much traffic, because alot of women were (able to be) housewives - they weren't shilly-shallying from work, to daycare, to mc-fried-slop, and of course school-sports (heaven forbid, parents would actually have family-time).  So yeah, the motorist didn't see the cyclists.  

Oh, speaking of housewives, that evidently wouldn't fly with pee-wee two cubes over; once again, he was crowing to yet another buddy about his wife's terrific salary - hhmmm, wifey might wake up one day and realize, hey, i don't need dip-stick's drama.  But anyway, i digress.

My question is:  were the bicyclists riding against the traffic, or not?  You see, they  - going the same direction as the motorist - had been rear-ended.  If no, can't say that would be any surprise.