payback time - I was a jerk this morning
10-28-09, 06:11 AM
#1
Infamous Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Ohio
Posts: 24,360
Bikes: Surly Big Dummy, Fuji World, 80ish Bianchi
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 4 Times
in
3 Posts
payback time - I was a jerk this morning
I had to drive to work this morning. Halfway to work I figured out that I had forgotten to take my lunch (driving always messes up my routine), so I turned around and went home to retrieve it.
On the way back out, I had to wait at the stop sign of my street for traffic to clear before I could turn. Lo and behold the car I was waiting for turned out to be one that constantly plays silly games during my ride home - honking, revving the engine, passing in intersections, passing on hills, passing too close, etc. So I decided to give him a bit of his own medicine...I tailgated him the entire route, with my brights on, honking my horn and revving my engine, until he finally slowed at the railroad crossing that's only about a half-mile away from my work...where I passed him, laying on the horn.
Yeah, it was stoopid, I was a jerk and he has no idea what it was all about or who I was...but it felt good.
On the way back out, I had to wait at the stop sign of my street for traffic to clear before I could turn. Lo and behold the car I was waiting for turned out to be one that constantly plays silly games during my ride home - honking, revving the engine, passing in intersections, passing on hills, passing too close, etc. So I decided to give him a bit of his own medicine...I tailgated him the entire route, with my brights on, honking my horn and revving my engine, until he finally slowed at the railroad crossing that's only about a half-mile away from my work...where I passed him, laying on the horn.
Yeah, it was stoopid, I was a jerk and he has no idea what it was all about or who I was...but it felt good.
10-28-09, 06:13 AM
#2
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Binghamton, NY
Posts: 2,896
Bikes: Workcycles FR8, 2016 Jamis Coda Comp, 2008 Surly Long Haul Trucker
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 6 Times
in
5 Posts
Road rage, when will you cagers just ride a bike 
.
.
10-28-09, 06:43 AM
#5
Señior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Michigan
Posts: 13,749
Bikes: Windsor Fens, Giant Seek 0 (2014, Alfine 8 + discs)
Mentioned: 13 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 446 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 8 Times
in
7 Posts
win. I know it's childish, but I still smiled.
__________________
Work: the 8 hours that separates bike rides.
Work: the 8 hours that separates bike rides.
10-28-09, 06:50 AM
#6
In the right lane
Since he had no idea what all the honking was about, this probably didn't achieve much. There's not even much of a feeling of revenge is the revenged party has no idea what's happening.
Couldn't you just get his plate number and report his antics to the police?
Or... just tailgate him on your bicycle.
Couldn't you just get his plate number and report his antics to the police?
Or... just tailgate him on your bicycle.
10-28-09, 07:59 AM
#9
Senior Member
Killjoy #2 here: this kind of behaviour doesn't make the world a nicer place. Hell, all you did is reinforce his notion that ******* behaviour is common and acceptable.
10-28-09, 08:05 AM
#10
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Reston, VA
Posts: 2,369
Bikes: 2003 Giant OCR2
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Chip, that was stupid. You were a jerk. I bet he had no idea what it was all about or who you even were.
I hope it felt good.
I hope it felt good.
10-28-09, 08:05 AM
#11
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 14
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Now that you have done a great job of pissing him off he will go tailgate and harass the next cyclist he comes along. It sounds like it his preferred method of taking out his road rage to begin with.
(Not that I am saying I wouldn't have done it too
)
(Not that I am saying I wouldn't have done it too
)
10-28-09, 08:09 AM
#12
Banned.
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Sioux City, Iowa
Posts: 825
Bikes: Vision R40 Recumbent
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Funny? Yes, Childish? Very. But next time try and do this on your bike. Of course you'll need one of these: https://www.hostelshoppe.com/cgi-bin/...ory=1015625493
10-28-09, 08:17 AM
#13
Infamous Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Ohio
Posts: 24,360
Bikes: Surly Big Dummy, Fuji World, 80ish Bianchi
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 4 Times
in
3 Posts
If not, why do you think it would for others?
10-28-09, 08:18 AM
#14
Infamous Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Ohio
Posts: 24,360
Bikes: Surly Big Dummy, Fuji World, 80ish Bianchi
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 4 Times
in
3 Posts
(hmm, could I have used the word driver any more in that sentence?)
10-28-09, 08:27 AM
#16
Member from- uh... France
Join Date: May 2009
Location: St Petersburg, FL
Posts: 329
Bikes: Specialized Roubaix, Bianchi Volpe
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
I agree with chipcom, but I'll say more politely: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. You have a right to be really PO'd at that driver. But acting on your feelings only makes things worse. Take a deep breath, acknowledge your anger, then just let it go. You'll live longer and be happier.
But I'm the first to admit, this is easier said than done...
Just last night I shouted "A$$HOLE!" at top of my lungs to each of the two cars that passed me on a blind curve with a double yellow line. If they suddenly found a car in the opposite lane they were using to pass me (because I was properly "claiming the lane" with my bike position) do you think they would just go ahead take a head-on collision, or would they just swerve back into the right lane (and into me) to avoid it? Deep breath, exhale, let it go.
But I'm the first to admit, this is easier said than done...
Just last night I shouted "A$$HOLE!" at top of my lungs to each of the two cars that passed me on a blind curve with a double yellow line. If they suddenly found a car in the opposite lane they were using to pass me (because I was properly "claiming the lane" with my bike position) do you think they would just go ahead take a head-on collision, or would they just swerve back into the right lane (and into me) to avoid it? Deep breath, exhale, let it go.
10-28-09, 08:40 AM
#19
Kaffee Nazi
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Richland, WA
Posts: 1,374
Bikes: 2009 Kestrel RT800, 2007 Roubaix, 1976 Lambert-Viscount
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
You are forgiven my son. Say three 'Hail Cyclos' and don't do it again until you see him.
10-28-09, 08:55 AM
#22
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Posts: 1,953
Bikes: '84 Centurion Accordo RS, '06 Gary Fisher Marlin, '06 Schwinn Fastback 27, '06 Litespeed Teramo
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
All you did is reinforce his dislike of cagers. He will probably take his frustration out on the next cager he encounters and create an accident that may hurt their cars(we can only hope). Happy now?