Aren't Old Middleton Rd and Segoe Rds streets having recently widened or added bike lanes? Is it possible some of this is resentment among drivers who frequent these streets out of a sense of having to share more of "their road"? Just a thought.
Harry Read On 11/08/10, rick <[email protected]> wrote: > One on Old Middleton Rd. heading west , just past Whitney Way, I'm > in the bike lane ~ 12 -18" in from white line dividing the bike lane > from from the car traffic lane , I hear an > impatient horn behind me, an elderly couple (yes in a car) brushes > by, tires on my side of the line then proceeds to pull more fully > into the bike lane , continues for ~ 100-150 yards then pulls back > into the normal car lane, no oncoming traffic that would have caused > such a deflection. Car turned into the first townhouse driveway past > Koenecke's (sp?) market could be WI plate CEW-167 . ~ 11:45am > > Second incident was on Segoe Rd. southbound just after leaving light > on Regent. Car and I accelerated on green after light change, me in > the bike lane, again the car brushed by , this time ~ 6" from my HB > end, pulled further into the bike lane and stayed there for ~ 200ft, > then slowly moved into the car lane. Elderly man with cataract > shades on. ~ 12:30 pm > > Wife's incident happened on Locust near Borders, I'm not sure of the > details but she described a similar incident of f the car pinching > her into the curb and then resume a more normal lane position after > having done so. > > > > I asked the question as I (surprisingly) don't have that many > experiences of this specific type, so 2 such happenings in such a > tight window of opportunity peaked my curiosity. Twice before in > recent years when i experienced unwarranted aggression on the part > of drivers, I discovered somewhat after the fact that there had been > anti-bike sentiment whipped on on hate radio., hence my initial > inquiry .... > > > > -r > > > > > > > > On 11/8/2010 6:44 PM, Mitchell Nussbaum wrote: > > > > > > > This is terrible. > Where did it happen? > > > > --- On Mon, 11/8/10, rick <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > From: rick <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> > > Subject: [Bikies] Brush-by assualts > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Date: Monday, November 8, 2010, 6:37 PM > > > > > Just curious if anyone else had > any incidents today. Both me and my significant other > were purposely passed with much less than 3 feet to > spare [ aka the brush-by] and then had the offending > cars cut into the bike lane ahead of us [ I'm sure > many of you are familiar with this tactic of > intimidation ] . That's three incidents in the time > span of 1 hour today. Hate radio at work? _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
