Driving at Zero Dark Thirty

It's almost my bedtime so this will have to be short. 

So, you know I have to get up at Zero Dark Thirty now so that I can drive 25+ miles to work. {Yeah...the drive and wake up time are not my fav...but so far I'm enjoying the new job.} Yesterday morning, I drove out of the neighborhood and was driving on the hilly, curvy road on the way to the highway. I was maybe two miles from home...when I saw a person that had pulled their car off the road and he was moving something off the road. 
Here are a few things that I worry about on these suburban roads in my town. First of all...there are patches of woods on both sides of the road. Deer often jump out of the woods. It is difficult to see them until they jump out...and then it can be too late.

Our roads are two lanes with alternate passing and non-passing areas. Really, I wouldn't dream of passing on this particular road...between the hills and the curves I just don't trust it. The roads basically have no shoulder. --I live in an area that even though it is residential now...was once basically farmland. The roads are still what you would find in rural areas.

But because we have more residential areas we have a lot of people that like to jog and ride bikes. We do not have bike lanes. We do not have sidewalks on these roads. We don't have bike trails. So, if a person wants to run or ride a bike they have very few choices. They often choose to ride on these two-lane roads. 

And because we have more people living in the off shooting neighborhoods and we have new schools along the way...there is more traffic than ever. Plus, people in this town tailgate. AND pass on double yellow lines. {Crazy.} So if there is any obstruction on the road it can be perilous.

I'm always worried when I get behind a biker. I often have to go super slow for a while before I can pass. Runners scare me even more. If it is dark they are incredibly difficult to see.

I first thought the man was moving a deer off the road. But then I saw it was a person!

I pulled off (safely in the nearby drive). It was a biker that had been hit. The person pulling the biker off the road was not the person that hit him. I don't know how it all transpired but the guy was calling 911. I thought the biker was unconscious. He was face down and not moving and not completely off the road. When the biker lifted his head and started to move I asked him to move onto the grass and then I directed oncoming cars to give space.

The biker was completely lucid. He said he hurt (of course). While we were waiting for the ambulance and police a doctor drove by and stopped too. He was able to access the biker. It sounds like his leg was broken at the thigh. I left when the fire truck arrived. And was shaking the entire way to work.

So, that's how my week started. Though...I have absolutely no right to complain.