Susan, I saw a man on a three-wheeler the other day and thought the same thing. He had build a wooden extension on his basket and added a wagon. Very well utilized! It made me start thinking of modifications for my mountain bike.

We have a one seater, then I found the double on craigslist, the original owner had it for his kids when they were the age of mine (they were almost 3 and 4 and 1/2 back when that was taken) and his kids are in college now so its sat in the garage for 10 years.

Collision deterent and letting you move anything from trailers to bicycle racks: A trailer hitch is a true multi-purpose item!

Lots on good points on the benefits of defensive driving. But effective risks minimizing strategies won't save you from every single oddball idiot out there.

Hum thats a hard one. Nobody you know has a extra car you can borrow ? Myself I have 4, One for each driver . I go to accidents as part of my job, which is why I don't bike much anymore ( in the past I rode a lot including a centry). I also put 120k on motorcycles in NYS in about 20 years which around here is a lot as well.

After 20 some years of scraping bike riders and motorcylers off bumpers and trees, I learned I want my vehicle AROUND me not the other way around.

I'm also amazed at the number of MVA's some of you have been in, my last one was 1,982

I never tried this since this issue never came up, a cheaper alternative to renting a car may be U-Haul. A single cab pickup is $19.95 plus damage protection of $10 per day. The downside is they charge $0.59 per mile but it still may be cheaper if you don't drive far.

I have no affiliation with U-Haul.

Jeanette Isabelle

As many posters here, I own several vehilces, all of them road worthy and two insured.
No fooling around when it comes to mobility and transportation!