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Old 02-09-10 | 02:30 PM
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VeloBusDriver
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From: Seattle, WA

Bikes: Brompton

You just can't win...

I was riding through downtown Bellevue today and came up behind a Lexus SUV driving *REALLY* slow (<10mph) in the right lane. I didn't feel safe passing him in the 2nd lane so I moved to the center of the lane so that my headlight would be quite visible in this person's rear view mirror. After the Lexus *FINALLY* figured out where they were going and turned down a street, I moved back into my normal riding position (in the right wheel track). At the same time some bozo in an Mercedes passes me *in the other lane*, taps his horn, and makes motions like I should be riding to the right. Never mind that the Lexus was the one impeding both of us. Never mind that there was no traffic and a whole 2nd lane to pass both of us in. (The fact that he was back there was the reason I didn't feel safe passing the Lexus in the first place...)

Thankfully, I don't have this happen very often. But when it does, the people are obviously not thinking and/or are completely irrational. This guy was so focused on the fact that a cyclist was in his way that he couldn't see that he wasn't actually impeded at all.
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