Originally Posted by
cudak888
SSP, can you orate to the forum in a step-by-step manner how this will improve the situation at hand?
My two cents: Use intellectual force with other human beings (no matter how bullheaded they may be) - leave the brute force for the cager's loose dog.
-Kurt
"Wave and smile" is not my style (although I do both often enough when I ride...but, only with those who treat me with respect).
But if someone's going to intentionally f*ck with me (like the woman driver in the OP) it's Game On and I'll return the favor. If they want to stop and discuss the matter, I'll do that too.
Someone intentionally giving "close shaves" to numerous cyclists at 50 mph is engaged in a crime. They don't deserve my respect, and "smiling and waving" has zero "intellectual force" in that scenario.