General Cycling Discussion - Rant about aggressive people on the road

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WTF is wrong with people? Yesterday I had do brake hard to avoid crashing into someone in a roundabout. I was turning left, and he drove into the roundabout, so I had the right of way. I yelled "Honk" (or the Swiss German equivalent) at him and drove past him. He stopped and started yelling at me, after which I stopped as well and asked what his problem was. I explained calmly that I had the right of way. To which he threatened to hit me on the head - always a good idea to threaten someone younger, stronger AND wearing a helmet. :rolleyes:

Well, I decided he wasn't worth any more of my time and drove off. Idiot...

Oh, and no, that wasn't a cager, it was an elderly guy on a bicycle...
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That's not aggressive! This is aggressive:

On my way home, yesterday, on a road that I always take the right most of three lanes, I reach an area where it's downhill for about 1/4th of a mile hitting speeds of 35-40 MPH. Two thirds of the way through that quarter mile the three lanes become two through-lanes, one RTOL, and a very short LTOL just at the intersection. I ALWAYS move just to the left of the left stripe of the RTOL.

Well, while descending at about 35 MPH, I hear a car approaching in the RTOL. Then the driver starts blowing the horn at me. I ignore. Then the car pulls right up next to me--female driver, 20ish years old, straight blonde hair pulled up off of her neck, thin build--and starts to edge over towards me, willfully crossing over the left RTOL stripe in an effort to "make an impression" on me. I stay calm. Move over enough out of her way to not get splattered at 35 MPH and yelled at her, "What's your problem?!" She drives off and makes the turn. I point at her license plate as I'm reading it and mouth the numbers and letters. I do this about three times, so that if she looks out her rear view mirror, she'll see me doing it.

I should have pulled over and used my cell phone to report her to the police right away, but I waited--too long. By the time I had a chance to speak to an officer about it, my recollection of the plate number was scrambled. ef-me! Lessons learned--have a camera or call right away while the plate number is fresh in my mind or write the plate number down.

The other day an SUV got really close to me before passing and I started to chase it. But before I could catch up they made a left turn at an intersection and I never saw them again. Sometimes I feel like following them and returning the favor. Bastards! I drive an automobile as well but I don't do stupid crap like that.