Originally Posted by
colleen c
And sometime you can win
I was riding in a bike lane when a city pickup truck honk at my left side. As I turn my head, he was passing me and hooked me as he made a right turn into a publc parking lot driveway. I hit my brakes hard and watch this guy as he kept staring at me while he turn as if he wanted a glance at me. I was piss off to the point of wanting to give him the bird but didn't. Instead I rode into the lot and stop 20 ft safetly away from his truck and took out my Iphone to take a picture of his truck. He looked over and ask in a hard voice "Can I help you lady?" I answered him "I only need a picture of you and your truck plate so i can email this to my boyfriend at the police station." This guy suddenly became the most apologetic human in the world as if he will lose his job.
This guy must have a cousin in my area, or it's just that city employees are some of the worst on knowing a cyclist's roadway rights. I had a similar incident a few days ago in being "buzzed " by a city employee, but my cell phone doesn't have a camera option. Looking back, this same employee has passed me several times at a close distance, but none were really close enough to warrant serious attention, that is until now. I didn't think it was intentional until I had a discussion with him,and right after his saying, "Can I help you", he said, You're supposed to be up against the curb".