I've had people yell at me to get off the road when I was in a marked bicycle lane, too. I've had people pull up beside me on a narrow two-lane residential corridor and tell me that riding on the road was unsafe... while they were about to push me into the ditch. In both cases, it was a woman, in a nice crossover SUV (Lexus, Mercedes), who I assume were trying to do me a favor and inform me of my bad or unsafe behavior of being on the road. I've only had one problem in a rural area, while I was part of a big ride (Seattle to Portland) where a logging truck deliberately tried to run me off the road into a bramble-filled ditch. Very scary to have those big truck wheels within a foot of me. But, most people are nice, and I agree with the advice of smiling and waving... it seems to wake people up and shame them.
I have to wonder if much of this is due to the stresses of modern life and the culture we live in that makes some people think they are best qualified to tell others what to do and how to live. That's what I get on my bike to escape from. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/aca4ccd1-f2ee-4c4e-ac22-f633c6a38fe0%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
