I find it very interesting that the county commissioners are pushing these bike trails.

However, they are staying out of the picture so that the public gets the impression that it is all the work of a volunteer biker group.

The county has already blown a half-million dollars or more planning, plotting, and consulting because they cannot figure it out for themselves.

The bottom line is that the county is broke, and to correct that we start more projects that cost more money and this time on something that everyone can live without — a fancy useless “frill.”

As far as the bikers, no offense, Harley riders, but you peddlers have a spot on every road in this county.

Because you peddlers apparently don’t understand, I will explain.

Every road in this state have what are called lanes, normally going in two different directions.

These lanes are what these big, high-speed objects called vehicles move back and forth on.

Along the outside edges of these lanes, there are often sidewalks for you to ride on.

On all other roads, there is a white line along the edge of the road.

The area between the white line and the gravel shoulder, (about the width of a sidewalk) is the area where you peddlers belong.

In turn, cars stay out of that area.

When you peddlers get on the other side of that white line, you are where you shouldn’t be.

In these lanes, you now force these large moving objects to cross lines into other large objects moving in the other direction.

This is a second hazard that is the result of the first hazard, a peddler.

Normally, when a peddler is struck by one of these large moving objects, it is because the peddler moved into a space(s) where they have no reason to be.

The peddler is projecting the image, “I am here so you get out of my way.” By the peddler’s own defiance of large moving objects, they are struck and sometimes killed.

This is sad when it happens, but it can be avoided when the large moving objects stay in their respective areas of travel and the peddlers stay in theirs.

A common practice is for peddlers to ride three or four abreast, and that puts one or two across that white line. That again, is and unsafe condition that you chose to set-up and participate in.

In my opinion, all of the peddlers have excellent peddle areas on each and every street and road in this state. Thus, there is no reason why taxpayers should fund fancy, frilly trails for them.

As an example, you peddlers can ride from Port Orchard all the way to Port Townsend (should you choose) on your section of the road.

The problem will come into play when you decide to get into the large object area and defy or challenge a large object.

Now, by your own hand, you have painted a target on your back so keep that in mind.

Happy peddling, folks.

County commissioners, we taxpayers just saved ourselves a lot of tax money.

Get off it. Let go. Give up the money pit idea.

We don’t want it and can’t pay for it.

LARRY L. MANN

Port Orchard