As onerous as it is, I haven't been on the bike since the SIP edict was announced in IL. Good to read that the IBA is 'adjusting' for riders in mid-ride certs. I would have expected that as the IBA staff seems to have its act together pretty well all the time.
Many moons ago, I was a regular blood donor. When the social distancing edict came down but before the SIP was announced, I managed to donate. Recent thinking is that if one has tested positive for the virus and have healed, one should donate blood so the antibodies might be available to others. In any case, phone your local collection site and see if you qualify and make an appointment if you can donate. Takes about an hour not counting waiting in any line. If you have not ever donated blood, now is a good time to start. Legitimately gets you out of the house if you need to get on the bike for a short trip.
I have had to leave the house 2-4 times in the past SIP weeks and found traffic to be oddly 'different'. The near empty streets (depending on time of day) encourage speeding. LEOs are not working the streets like normal. Much traffic is not 'social distancing' when it is easy to do so (6+ second distancing as possible? A little extra distance while sitting out red lights?) Nothing quite like seeing a cager in mask and gloves following at less than one second in near zero traffic, sigh. Lots of weirdness to be seen. IF you have to be out in traffic, you might want to be a bit more vigilant than usual and observe your traffic experience for sharing later when the stats come out. It truly amazes me that there is zero PSA from the govt about sharing the road during this time of virus?
The recent 'pile up' of 50+ cagers during a snow event on our chi-town x-way didn't surprise me in the least. Several other pile-ups occured around our area but were not 'big enough' or bad enough to make the (if it bleeds, it leads) news. Doesn't surprise me that traffic at this time of virus is more 'dodgy' than usual.
fran
