The driver was asking nicely? I'd move over if I reasonably could. If she was obnoxious about it I wouldn't hear her. My ears are funny that way.
Jay On Mar 21, 8:26 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is a pet peeve and concern of mine. First, the woman is an idiot, > as usual thinking that bikes don't belong, really, on the roadways. > Second, if you pull to the far right, you risk a fool making a right > hook just as you are moving off -- the one time I have been hit by a > car it was in such a situation. When people honk at me in such > circumstances, I point to the red light. > > BUT!!! There is a way!! I, myself, pull out to the left side of the > lane at a red or sigh. This has two benefits: first, I prevent fools > from making tight right hooks around me. Second, it allows cars to > make rights without me getting in the way. In fact, I usually motion > right-turning cars to "go ahead." The downside, and this seems rare, > is for some fool to try to pass you going straight while he is on your > left. > > The other solution is to say, "Pog Ma thoin" pron "poog MAhoon" and > meaning "Kiss my ass."http://www.irish-sayings.com/cats/irishwords/ > > I myself fancy the Ulster dialect. > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Liesl <li...@smm.org> wrote: > > Hi Riv Chicas y Chicos, Here's one to throw in the hopper! Yesterday > > on my commute home, I was stopped close to the right curb at a light > > for a busy cross-street (Hiawatha Ave at 35th st in Minneapolis for > > you twin cities folk). I heard a horn behind me; not a blaring one, > > just a can-I-get-your-attention one. I turned around to look, and a > > bit behind me was a man on a bike who was square in the middle of the > > right lane. Behind him was a woman in the car from whence the beep > > came. She asked in a very reasonable tone if he could move over so > > she could make a right turn. He replied no; the light was about to > > change. Then there ensued a brief but escalating argument while the > > light didn't turn green with the biker vocally refusing to move over > > and the frustrated woman asking why he wouldn't just move over. I > > refrained from turning around and watching the whole thing much less > > getting involved. The light finally turned green. I, out in front, > > sprinted across Hiawatha with the argument still going. The last I > > heard was the man shouting over his shoulder in a sarcastic tone: "I'm > > sorry I made you wait 40 seconds." > > > Curious to know what y'all think...would you have moved over? stood > > your ground? In similar instances that I've been in, I know that I've > > moved over and didn't think much about it. > > > The trees are leafing out here a full month early. > > > Liesl > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRWhttp://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
