In my MSF class, we had to use the horn. We did in the beginning, but we did an evasive maneuver that we have to swerve, and we had to honk before we swerved or something. I remember having to honk while riding. A lot more people honked when they were trying to turn off their turn signals. I still do sometimes…..oh well.
As for bicyclists. If you ever go to Seattle around 6:30-7 am, you will want to kill someone. There is a bike path, yet bicyclists decide to ride on the road. okay, I can deal with that. The roads suck, yes, but that doesn’t mean that one bike has to take up two lanes, yes, TWO lanes! I ride to Seattle sometimes to save some cash on the ferry, and it’s as scary as hell riding down the road, and I have had to take up one lane, or hit a pothole that would have sent me over the bars. That being said, the cars honk at you when you’re as far right as you can go. There’s cars parked parallel on the road, and I was petrified that someone would open their door right in front of me. I stop at lights and use my hand signals. The majority of the cyclists in Seattle think that they are a god, and all shall yield (probably even the trains, what dummies)! I almost feel that there should be a written test for cyclists (at least in Seattle) before they can ride on the road. But anyways……..One day someone will smarten up and reform the whole DOL system in the US. It needs it badly. They make it too easy to get on the road here. AK has the hardest driving test that I’ve taken, and you have to taken wether you have a valid license or not (when you transfer there). That’s a whole different issue, and most of you know where I stand on that.
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