This week’s winner for Main Street Monday is… bicycle texting boy.
Joe and I were driving down Main St. and stopped at a red light. We looked over to see a man riding his bicycle down the wrong side of the road. Now, lot of people think that bicycles are supposed to be on the sidewalk, which is not true. On Main St., I may occasionally feel that with all the traffic the sidewalk looks like a safer place to ride but this is not technically correct. Bicycles are supposed to be just like cars, on the road, following all the same rules. He should have been on the right side of the road going with traffic. We do give him thumbs up for wearing a helmet.
Not only was this man on the wrong side of the road, but he was out in the middle of an oncoming lane. He may not have noticed since he was staring at his phone, texting. Look ma, no hands! Thankfully, it was a red light because pointed straight at him in the lane in which he was biking was a big blue city bus.
We watched and waited, and while it was close, he didn’t actually ride his bike straight into the front of the bus. It would have been pretty funny, since the bus wasn’t moving and he probably wouldn’t have gotten too hurt. We think it might have been the wake-up call he needed though. So, once again the winner for craziest thing we saw this week on Main St. is… bicycle texting man who almost hit a city bus. Thanks for playing, tune in to see who it might be next week!