One up, one down

First the good news, my regex article was published on 4Guys today:

http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/022603-1.aspx

If you'd like a tool to test expressions with, you can grab mine from here:

http://www.flws.com.au/showusyourcode/MarkItUp.RegexSnippets.zip

If you'd like the source code to the tool - just sing out!

Ok, now the gripe.  Every day I ride my bike to work, so every day I have to "work with" the traffic.  I understand the basic rules - as every cyclist should - I've got a lot more to lose by being hit by a car than I do by hitting one.

This morning as I approached my workplace I had to cycle past some council workers that were pruning large trees alongside a main road.  They had a semi-circle of witches hats that protruded onto the road where they were working, which meant that I had to ride slightly onto the road as I passed.  There was no sign indicating to drivers that they should slow down as they passed the work.

Here's my question.  If you were a driver and you saw a bunch of red hats protruding onto the road in front of you which of the following would you propose as the most suitable reaction:

1. Speed up
2. Start swerving and weaving wildly
3. Speed up and start swerving and weaving wildly
4. Slow down and drive cautiously

Hmmmm?