I would hope that these incidents are reported to the authorities with license numbers. A couple of the descriptions, such as the one on Old Middleton Road, suggest problems with the driver's abilities vs. resentment.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Harry Read Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 8:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Bikies] Brush-by assaults 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 _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
