Originally Posted by cellery

To everyone here who has actually hit a vehicle hard enough with their hand, u-lock, etc to where the driver noticed: has anything good ever come out of it? Incompetent and aggressive motorists don't learn a lesson in safe driving because some guy on a bike laid a finger on "their property". After all, they should have been on the sidewalk where they belong in the first place and out of their way. See what I'm getting at?

It's like a chihuahua trying to take a swipe at a coyote. How can one actually expect this to work on a regular, let a lone one-off basis? It's lunacy to pick a fight in traffic. I say just keep your head down while riding and tap your local advocacy groups for real change in driver education and public cycling perception.