Stop as in stop and chat. This road in particular is sorta secluded. Like a few houses here and there. But it is a road cars go 55 on.

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  3. I’d think “moron” and keep driving. What business is it of mine? He’ll get home… most likely.

  5. is he in distress or something? injured? swerving all over the road? waving me down for help? – then no, I’m gonna keep going

  6. Unless he was doing something weird or erratic, I’d leave him be. Why would I bother him?

  9. My country roads would be in the mountains so that’d be pretty dangerous. I don’t think I’d have enough time to tell it’s a teenager.

  11. Stop him? Under what authority? Call the police? Because he was riding a bike in the early morning hours? How do you KNOW it’s a teenager? What business is it of yours?

  12. Lol Im so confused by this question on like 3 different levels at least. It’s actually so strange of a question that I’m now wondering if you’re a teenager just fishing to see if you can get away with some shit on your bike at 1-3am lmao. The answer btw is yes. No one gives a shit.

  14. It is a ghost.

    I would not stop. I’d probably do nothing unless I knew the person or they seemed in distress. I suppose you might report it to police if you think they need help but if you are not near a town the person might be gone by the time anyone checks it out.

  15. I’d think it was dangerous, but my assumption would be that he was probably on his way home. Out in the country there’s no curfew, biking isn’t illegal, and as long as he didn’t appear to be in distress, why would I call the police?

  16. Unless I’m an hour from anywhere or it’s in the middle of a big storm or something I’m going to just keep on driving.

  17. I get off at midnight when I work. There are people all over the streets around here. Should I be alerting the cops?

  18. Stop him for what? Biking in the dark?

    Call the police and tell them what?

    I’d keep driving unless the teen was in obvious distress. Like, weaving around or pedaling really fast and looking back like he was trying to get away or conversely, pedaling really slowly and looking tired. At which point I’d slow down, roll down my window and ask if he needed help.

    Actually I’d probably slow down and ask regardless. I’d be concerned about a kid being out that late on a bike in the dark.

  20. I live in the country. I’d ignore them and keep driving. Why would I do anything else if they’re not in distress?

  21. Not much traffic that time of night. I’d just let them keep doing their thing. They were probably at a friend’s house and decided to go home.

    My cousin would ride his bike 20 miles to see our grandmother when he was 10.

    My older brother used to ride his motorcycle to work at 4 in the morning when he was 14.

    No big deal for a country boy.

  23. I would definitely not talk to *anybody* outside my car on a dark country road at 1 or 3 AM. But I’d also have no reason to suspect they’re up to anything, so there’s no need to call the police. After all, we’re both out on the same road at night. I’d just keep driving.

    *If they were in the middle of the street with no lights and causing a danger to themselves or others, then I’d probably call someone.

  24. >Stop as in stop and chat

    ???

    What kind of person stops to chat with a cyclist at 0300?

    >Would you stop him

    For what, precisely?

    >Call the police

    for what precisely?

    —-

    If I am a cyclist going somewhere that late, it’s a secluded road and one car stops next to me I’m immediately assuming the worst and grabbing whatever defense tools I have, mace, firearm, knife or w/e. Cars just don’t randomly stop next to cyclists late at night and it’s not normal behavior.

  25. Sounds like a whole lot of not my business. I’d just keep going and be grumpy about whatever has caused me to be awake at that hour of the night.

  26. As someone who was that teenager, please just keep driving and leave them alone. There are two reasons to be riding a country road in the middle of the night: Either it’s the best option to get some quiet time alone, or you’re just trying to get home to bed.

  27. Why would I be calling the police? Being a teen isn’t illegal. I’m going to mind my own business and not freak out some kid in the middle of the night who is minding their own business by stopping them. They have as much a right to be out and about as I do.

  28. This is such a specific question that it makes me wonder if *you’re* the teenager in question, planning to run away from home or flee the scene of a crime in the middle of the night or something.

    Anyway! I wouldn’t do anything if the cyclist wasn’t acting erratic or bothering anyone and didn’t seem to be in distress; the age of the cyclist, time of day, and type of road would make no difference.

  29. I wouldn’t care. I certainly wouldn’t stop and talk to them. Just have a blinking red light on the back of your seat (or helmet, backpack, etc) so cars can see you. That’s the only thing I’d be concerned about.

  32. I’d only stop if I recognized them.

    Usually when I see things like this, the cyclist is wearing dark clothes, no lights, and I don’t see them until I’m almost on top of them. If I called the police, it’d because I saw them swerving or something and thought they were at even more risk than the average invisible night rider and didn’t want them to get killed.

    Dude, if you’re asking because you either do this or want to do this, spend $10 on lights off of Amazon and $10 on a reflective vest. If people know you’re there, they won’t accidentally hit you.

  33. >Stop as in stop and chat.

    If I were on a bike at 1 AM and someone in a car “stopped and chatted,” I’d assume I was about to get dismembered and put into several Hefty bags.

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