I can only share so much....

I try to share the road, I really do. I've been known to ride my bike on back country roads, and it used to tick me off no end when rude drivers would pass me at 75 mph without moving over even one inch, so I try to be nice to bikers when I encounter them.

I've also been known to walk or run on roads without sidewalks, so when driving I try to be nice to pedestrians and joggers, as well.

But there is only so much sharing of the road that I can do, and I think I hit my limit today.

I was driving to my friend David's house this morning. David lives in Cary, but because of where his house is in relation to mine, I actually take backroads to his house. It's a prettier drive (I get to cross Jordan Lake), it's slightly shorter than taking the highway, and it doesn't take significantly longer than it would to get on the highway.

But, on a pretty Saturday morning, the route is crowde with bikers. OK, I expect that, and I have to say that about 95% of the bikers in the Triangle are very good -- they ride single file, stay well to the right, and make it easy on drivers.

But today I encountered something new.

Rollerbladers.

Yep, rollerbladers, plural. Not one, not two, but THREE separate individuals rollerblading on crazy curvy (well, curvy for this area) little back roads.

Sorry, guys, but this is just NUTS!!! Roller blades are NOT what you should be using for transportation on a back road! First of all, you significantly increase your chances of getting hit by something, because you're going slower than EVERYONE, including the bikers. Then, the body motion in roller blading involves a certain sway that makes it impossible to take up less than about 3 or 4 feet of space, so your stiking your legs out into the road!

Plus, you tick off both the bikers AND the drivers, so EVERYONE is angry at you and driving unsafely!

So, yeah, I'll share the road happily with bikers and pedestrians, but I think roller bladers are beyond my limit.