What do you do when "cagers" piss you off?
07-03-08, 01:41 AM
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When I am feeling cranky, I like to pizz em off, before they get pizzed off.The jersey below will more than likely accomplish such. Considerig recent cager rage, I am some what affraid the pattern sort of looks like a bulls eye.
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07-03-08, 05:11 AM
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The world is filled with A holes. the fact that the majority of people out in the morning and evening are in their commute means that there will be a large proportion of A holes in cars. Such is life. That doesn't mean there aren't A hole peds, A hole bikers, etc, but just that they are outnumbered by people in cars.
Not all cars are driven by A holes, but the ones that are definitely make themselves known.
Not all cars are driven by A holes, but the ones that are definitely make themselves known.
07-03-08, 06:31 AM
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It varies for me from giving an evil look to an invitation to get out of the car. The closest I've come to the latter was tonight where some dousche almost ran me over cuz he was in too big of a hurry to look to his left AND right before going into traffic. Well...luckily I saw him before he saw me and wasn't going to let him run me over...cuz he might have. He got a mouthful. But he was old so he wouldn't have gotten out anyway.
07-03-08, 06:34 AM
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I let it go.
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07-03-08, 07:27 AM
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I just imagine the JAM jumping out of the car and charging me. I then step to the side and trip the bumbling lardass and then place my knee in their back and hold them till the cops arrive, a-la Chipcom, but without the snowbank. 
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07-03-08, 08:11 AM
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I whip out the pistol and pop a cap in his @$$.
j/k I'll just stare him down and look pissed off.
Then I let it go. 
j/k I'll just stare him down and look pissed off.
Then I let it go.
07-03-08, 08:19 AM
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I memorize their plates and then when I get to where I am going I write a letter to Santa telling him that they are very naughty.
Seriously I usually ignore or smile and wave. If they get really close and I catch up to them. I knock on their window and tell them that I have a wife and two kids and I am obeying the law and trying to get to work/home safely and will they try to be more considerate in the future.
Seriously I usually ignore or smile and wave. If they get really close and I catch up to them. I knock on their window and tell them that I have a wife and two kids and I am obeying the law and trying to get to work/home safely and will they try to be more considerate in the future.
07-03-08, 08:32 AM
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I just move over onto the sidewalk, where bikes belong, smiling and wishing them a safe and happy day.
07-03-08, 08:40 AM
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I'd like to say I take the high ground and always let it go, but I don't. I probably let 8/10 things go by either ignoring them or an occasional use of the finger.
The only cars I chase down are ones that either very seriously endanger me, or if they're obnoxious and I've had a tough day.
I remember that George Carlin quote/observation that the average person has a pretty low IQ, and half are even worse. It's not worth my time to try and have a logical conversation with someone who is just venting because I've cost him 20 seconds out of his day.
The only cars I chase down are ones that either very seriously endanger me, or if they're obnoxious and I've had a tough day.
I remember that George Carlin quote/observation that the average person has a pretty low IQ, and half are even worse. It's not worth my time to try and have a logical conversation with someone who is just venting because I've cost him 20 seconds out of his day.
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07-03-08, 08:41 AM
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Write down or memorize their plate number and talk to police about it, claim road rage. They'll put it on record that XXX plate number has received complaints.
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07-03-08, 08:55 AM
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They either get a big thumbs up or the middle finger depending if I'm in smart *** mode or d*ckhead mode.
They usually have to attempt to kill me in order to get either.
They usually have to attempt to kill me in order to get either.
07-03-08, 09:06 AM
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Commuting by bike is a great way for buddhists to do letting go practice in real situations.
07-03-08, 09:45 AM
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I memorize their plates and then when I get to where I am going I write a letter to Santa telling him that they are very naughty.
07-03-08, 10:30 AM
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Sometimes I give them the stink eye. Particularly at lights. A nice long uncomfortable stare...
Normally I ignore it.
Every once in a while I do a good impersonation of a pissed off New York cabbie. I try not to but sometimes the adrenaline gets to me.
Normally I ignore it.
Every once in a while I do a good impersonation of a pissed off New York cabbie. I try not to but sometimes the adrenaline gets to me.
07-03-08, 10:51 AM
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I urinated on a guys bumper the other day. No wait that was my dog, nevermind.
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It depends, if someone is laying on their horn, I go off. I have no tolerance for that kind of behavior. If it's a quick honk, I make sure it's not a bunch hot chicks in a vert ready to fulfill my every fantasy. Most of the time it's not so I just give the driver a quick wtf look.
07-03-08, 12:40 PM
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Depends on the situation, but lately I've been getting pretty upset with the a-hole drivers I've encountered.
This morning, for instance, I was only about 6 blocks from my house riding to work when I had a very unpleasant encounter with a guy in a Saab convertible. The street I was on has stop signs at almost every block so it's a lot of stop and go (though I'll admit, I often blow through when there is no traffic). This morning there was traffic and I stopped at this intersection. I waited for the driver to my right to make his right turn. I then proceeded forward but at the same time this jerk driving the Saab accelerates forward (he never came to a stop at his sign and obviously never looked around the intersection). We both stop in the middle and he yells at me "There's a stop sign there buddy!" and I yell back "That's why I stopped, waited for the other driver, and then took my turn! Watch the road!" And then angrily rode away.
This kind of thing is happening more and more often lately and it's really bothering me. I really need to work on being more relaxed and patient, and also more careful.
This morning, for instance, I was only about 6 blocks from my house riding to work when I had a very unpleasant encounter with a guy in a Saab convertible. The street I was on has stop signs at almost every block so it's a lot of stop and go (though I'll admit, I often blow through when there is no traffic). This morning there was traffic and I stopped at this intersection. I waited for the driver to my right to make his right turn. I then proceeded forward but at the same time this jerk driving the Saab accelerates forward (he never came to a stop at his sign and obviously never looked around the intersection). We both stop in the middle and he yells at me "There's a stop sign there buddy!" and I yell back "That's why I stopped, waited for the other driver, and then took my turn! Watch the road!" And then angrily rode away.
This kind of thing is happening more and more often lately and it's really bothering me. I really need to work on being more relaxed and patient, and also more careful.
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07-03-08, 12:47 PM
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I'm too busy looking down their girl's top, or up her skirt at the next stop light to notice them anymore; usually she's looking at me and I'm wishing I had a sidecar (kidding honey, don't kill me).
Back a couple years ago, I'd get hostile and ready to beat the livin' **** out of them . . . now I just pay attention to my own life, let them fail at their own without me adding my own downfall with theirs.
Back a couple years ago, I'd get hostile and ready to beat the livin' **** out of them . . . now I just pay attention to my own life, let them fail at their own without me adding my own downfall with theirs.