68. Another Signs of the Time

Sure, bicycling is slower than a car (except when traffic is heavy and I'm loose with the traffic rules), but slowness itself means I see things not seen from inside a 300hp steel box.

I jump to a sidewalk to avoid a busy intersection, and I see a guy with a cardboard sign asking for donations.  I don't see the message on front, but I do see that behind the sign, he's texting.

Now I have no problems with the economically challenged and cell phones--they seemed ubiquitous in Ghana a few years ago.

It was the texting that got me.