Ex-biker here, and I completely agree. The explosion of cellphones/smartphones, I think, is the root of the problem. I used to ride into Atlanta in my younger days, but the growth of cellphones over the past 15 years made that a Really Bad Idea. People are distracted with whatever crap it is that comes up on the screen. Even up in the mountains with the hillbillies, it seems death is never more than one "idiot-texting-on-his-cellphone" away. Lost a friend, and fellow biker, to that a couple years ago.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
