Survival of the Fittest: Epic Fail

Okay, so I’m driving to work this morning, in the rain.  *Side note* I love the rain.  I realize that most of you Californians hate the rain and miss the sun immediately when there is any sort of cloud coverage, but for me, the rain reminds me of home.  *End side note* Everyone who lives in Southern California knows that when it rains, traffic slows to almost a zombie shuffle no matter what road you are driving on.  It turned my normal five minute transit to work into a 35 minute crawl.  However, the best part of this drive was at the end.  I’m sitting at a red light with one of those “Keep Turn Clear” spaces marked behind me.  There is a semi-truck turning out into that “Keep Turn Clear” space.  There is a guy on a bicycle on the sidewalk opposite of me.  Said bicyclist jumps the curb of the sidewalk and proceeds on the road.  He then cuts across the two lanes of “same-flow” traffic, crosses the yellow line, swerves behind me into the “Keep Turn Clear” space WITH the semi-truck still turning by the way, cuts IN FRONT of the truck with a whole three feet of clearance, causing the semi to slam his brakes and skid. The bicyclist then jumps the curb on that side of the road onto the opposite sidewalk and continues on. 

Where are the gods of Survival of the Fittest here?  Herbert Spencer and Charles Darwin are rolling over in their graves at the moment.  I’m not saying this guy should have died, but let’s be honest, he should have at least been in a semi-serious accident resulting in the permanent loss of all procreative abilities.  A semi-truck, in the best environment already has such a hard time slamming on his brakes for any reason, when you throw rain and slick pavement into the equation you’re just asking for trouble.  If you’re idiotic enough to ride your bicycle in front of him, I think that nature should punish you. 

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