Riding to work today I noticed, for about the zillionth time, what I can only describe as a person with no concept of what protective clothing means. The only piece of safety equipment he was wearing was a helmet, although I'm not even sure that he had it fastened, I'm pretty sure I saw the straps hanging down and not secured.
Unfortunately I don't have a picture, but he was wearing a t-shirt, shorts and flip-flops. But that's not even the worst. As he took off from the lights I watched as he dragged his feet along the ground. If they weren't actually dragging they were pretty darn close. I figured he'd pull them up once he reached a certain speed, but no, all the way till the next red light, about a mile, he was dragging his feet. I'd hate to see what happen if he came across a small stone on the road. I can just see his foot being ripped backwards as the stone jammed under his foot. Add to that the protective qualities (ie. zero) of a pair of flip-flops and I really can't see him walking away, or walking period for quite awhile.
