> > 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... >
I had a near miss this morning. I needed to turn right across oncoming traffic to get to my street. I positioned myself correctly and waited for a gap in the traffic. While I was waiting, an oncoming car needed to do a left turn just after me. There was a van behind him driven by a young man who rather than slow down pulled out at speed to go round him and came straight at me. I could see the young man looking at and cursing the left-turning car in front of him, so I know he had not seen me. I had to make a sharp jump to my left to get out of his way. I knew there was no traffic coming behind me, so I was safe, but if there had been I would have been lucky to escape. Bob -- 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.
