Originally Posted by lasauge

FOUR times this past week alone I've been riding around town and I've had drivers stop to ask me directions. My favorite one was when I was stopped a light waiting to go straight through, when a semi-truck pulled up in the right-hand turn lane and the driver hollered down to me from his cab to ask how to get the grocery store he was supposed to be delivering his load to...

Is this something common for other commuters? I suppose it makes sense to assume that cyclists will have a good idea about the areas they're riding through, and we're obviously more approachable than drivers sealed away in their cars, but it always surprises me a little when this kind of thing happens.