Stupid is as Stupid does
Out of the three major streets that run through town the middle street seems to be the new arena for this year’s Darwin awards competition. On our way home tonight, three kids - two on bicycles and one pedestrian - deliberately wandered through the street, toying around with oncoming traffic. There is a dangerous thrill and a kind of rebellion in trying to ride your bike quickly across the street as the cars whiz by or quickly crossing an intersection when the light just turned green. While foolish, even the “tough” kids who are out to prove something move quickly and carefully. They are smart enough to realize that the person driving the two ton hunk of metal with which they are playing chicken may not be able to stop in time. I pity the parents of the third thug who thought it adventurous to cut in front of our vehicle and ride briefly between us and oncoming traffic before returning to the side of the road. For their own wellbeing and that of their parents I will try to make the city’s bicycle patrol unit aware of these incidents. As for the pedestrian, good luck in the Darwin games.