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07-10-11, 12:56 AM
I nearly violated Rule No. 3 for dealing with motorists who should know better: If foul but no harm - and they apologize - ride on, 'cause there's no benefit to stomping feet.
I was riding in the bike lane this afternoon on Margarita, no clouds, & the sun behind me. A jackball motorist nearly passes me on the left, then turns right, into apt complex driveway, nearly taking me out. The right-hook.
It was a gated complex, so he wasn't going to drive off. I walk-roll up to his window - he had to enter a code or alert the person he was visiting to open the gate - & tell him to keep his eyes open. Says he didn't see me w/a smirk I wanted to remove & use as a door stop. His 1st apology doesn't register, I'm so livid. I make myself clear with no histrionics, and he says sorry (again), he didn't see me. Time to get back to riding.
Not a matter of if but when.
I was riding in the bike lane this afternoon on Margarita, no clouds, & the sun behind me. A jackball motorist nearly passes me on the left, then turns right, into apt complex driveway, nearly taking me out. The right-hook.
It was a gated complex, so he wasn't going to drive off. I walk-roll up to his window - he had to enter a code or alert the person he was visiting to open the gate - & tell him to keep his eyes open. Says he didn't see me w/a smirk I wanted to remove & use as a door stop. His 1st apology doesn't register, I'm so livid. I make myself clear with no histrionics, and he says sorry (again), he didn't see me. Time to get back to riding.
Not a matter of if but when.