On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 01:38:51PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: > From: Christian Skofteland > >It's "Bike to work Week" in the US (Bike to work day was today). The > >Washington Post had an article about the conflicts between cars and > >bikes that was slanted against bikes. The writer kept going back to > >the "bikers blowing through red lights and stop signs" argument but > >only briefly touched on the drivers that go out of their way to > >intimidated and assault bicyclists. > > > > I have seen plenty of the "bikers blowing through red lights and > stop signs". It's a self correcting problem as far as I'm concerned. > > I've never witnessed motorists "go out of their way" to intimidate > cyclists. Not saying it doesn't happen, but I have never seen it. >
I've been on the receiving end several times in one ride, in fact. I live in a fairly rural area and a lot of the people, especially 20-something males, find it sporting to brush as close to a cyclist as possible, yell obsenities, throw objects (cans, bottles, etc) from their vehicles, brake-check following cyclists, deliberately swerving into or in front of bikes... the list goes on. Every one of those things has happened to me. I ride sanely, keep to the right as much as possible, mind my own business and go out of my way to help cars pass me on blind hills or corners. As much as I've experienced the one thing I try to remember is to keep the middle finger firmly on the handlebar... -- Christian ------------------------------------- http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
