Tab Combs @DrTCombs@transportation.social

Well. I took the "Honk if you love bikes" sign off my bike this weekend and the school bus driver resumed honking at us this morning.

Sigh. Only 2 more days.

https://transportation.social/@DrTCombs/112519894164359235

We've been finding some fascinating artifacts while digging in some very deep clay to install a new drainage system around our house. Yesterday's finds include this etched metal medallion. Can anyone help us figure out what it is?

For background, the house is 80 years old and was built on the site of a Union army bivouac. It's got some cool US history.

#Question
#Detectorists
#History

Sitting in my #garden, sipping coffee, reading #KilledByATrafficEngineer, watching people blast through an all-way stop... Lots of feels this Sunday morning

One of the many arguments against allowing right turns on red is that it entices drivers to roll up as close to the intersection as possible, the better to see when a gap appears that they can dart into. This causes them to completely block crosswalks, curb ramps, and beg buttons.

It seems like a little thing...unless you need to use those facilities....in which case it's a BFD.

#RTOR #BanRTOR #VisionZero #Accessibility

using food as a reward to teach kids about nutrition pretty well sums up our approach to education these days

Not particularly thrilled to know there's a fellow bicyclist in the hospital and a driver with a warrant for felony hit and run on the loose in my little town tonight

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