Tab Combs @DrTCombs@transportation.social

I have no words.
Literally none.

#CarBrain

you don't really want to know where I think you should put that 'be safe, be seen' slap bracelet

School's almost out here, which means it's almost time for the annual "all the ways we nearly got killed getting to and from school this year" video montage. Stay tuned...the last day of school is always the most interesting from a near-death perspective.

All day, every day.

I just shifted my weight in my desk chair. Dog 1 twitches. Dog 2 notices twitch and looks up. Dog 1 notices Dog 2 looking up and jumps up. Dog 2 notices Dog 1 jumping up and also jumps up. Dog 1 notices Dog 2 also jump up and barks. Dog 2 notices Dog 1 bark and leaps off the sofa. Dog 1 notices Dog 2 leap off the sofa and starts sprinting to the door. Dog 2 notices Dog 1 sprint to the door and also sprints to the 2. Both dogs now jumping at the door barking their fool heads off.

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anyone else have that one person you are most afraid of disappointing in the whole world, even though you only kind of know them, but you still know they would think your fear of disappointing them is utterly ridiculous?

it can't be just me.

Again. The utter idiocy of allowing drivers to turn right on red is the hill I will die on.

We waited 3 minutes for a walk sign at this high speed, multi-lane intersection. When we finally got one, a freight truck blew right through it making a right turn at speed with a red light.

(the tiny 'walk' sign is in the distance, way on the other side of the intersection, near the middle of the screen)

#BanRTOR #RTOR #VisionZero #NSFW

But what if you meet a friend for coffee and they randomly give you a giant toolbox?

#BikeTooter #FediBikes

I continue to be amazed that someone signed off on this.

#CarBrain

Happy to have solved the problem of the school bus driver honking at us every morning.

It's been a week, and not a single honk.

#BikeToSchool #BikeTooter #BikeSafety

at least it's not these a$$hats who drive their cars through *actual school grounds* so they can get to their precious #pickleball game on time

https://triangleblogblog.com/2024/05/22/parents-hug-your-children-a-little-tighter-tonight-because-pickleballers-are-out-of-control/

Gotta love the kind of driver who backs his porsche out right in front of a family on bikes and then parks it in the bike lane along with their other car, already parked in the bike lane, in the school zone during school drop-off.

This morning we were greeted with a tongue, but no horn. Not sure if that's because of our peace offering or the new sign on the front of my bike that says, "Honk if you love bicycles!"

Essential reading for the #WarOnCars

We took a box of cupcakes to our favorite horn-honking-raspberry-blowing bus driver today, along with a card thanking her for brightening our mood with her daily greetings.

Is she actually trying to be funny when she sticks her tongue out at us? Will the cupcakes help her see that I'm just an ordinary mom trying to get her kid to school safely? Will my refusal to recognize her antics as a sign of aggression just make her angrier?

I honestly don't know.