Just saw a suicidal idiot on Mopac

[hobbit709]

riding her bicycle on southbound during morning rush hour.

[Ptah]

1. I can see how that would be problematic

MOPAC is a general-purpose semiempirical molecular orbital package for the study of
solid state and molecular structures and reactions.

[hobbit709]

4. In Austin it's also known as Loop 1.

[kentauros]

2. I'd say riding your bike on MoPac at ANY time of the day

is suicidal!

I don't live there, but do use it to get from 290 to 71 when I visit family out west of Austin. I know what that road is like during the best hours. Thankfully, I've never driven it during rush hour. Just have to put up with the 290/71 bottleneck later on...

[hobbit709]

3. It's also illegal. Mopac is a limited access highway-no vehicles of less than 5 horsepower.

[kentauros]

5. I didn't know about the restrictions, but it makes sense to have them.

It's a nice drive when the traffic is light. Really nice views there

[ceile]

6. What the....

I don't see any logic behind that at all. Unless she's trying to avoid lights on the feeder road...

[gratuitous]

8. I don't know the road, but yeah, the logic escapes me too

Occasionally I ride from downtown to Mrs. gratuitous' office, out by the airport. It's about seven miles as the crow flies. I can make it there by bicycle in about 35-40 minutes, which is about as fast as a car can do it. I tend to avoid the main arterials, but on a bike, you go just as fast on a narrow side street with cars parked on both sides. I also don't have so many stop lights to wait for. Bicycling on a major highway is a cry for help.

[Brother Buzz]

7. Was she riding facing traffic?

Inquiring minds want to know.