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Old 05-14-14 | 11:10 AM
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From: Nanaimo, BC

Bikes: 1997 Kona Hahana Race Light, 2010 Surly LHT(deceased), 1999 Rocky Mountain Turbo

One week ago. In stop and go traffic (I do not filter) an old man yelled at me to not take the lane. I just said I am allowed, going as fast as traffic and asked him where he would go (we were at a light about 8 cars back with two lanes of solid traffic.

Before that a month and a bit ago some young fellow laid on his horn (45-60 seconds contionuous) since I was first in line at the stop line not using the bike lane.

Prior to the I was crossing the Knight Street bridge in February and a guy in a pickup yelled to get off the road, Though true in this case I was not impeeding his progress in anyway.

Before that it was years and probably my first few months of commuting in 2008. Some guy at 6:45 am leaned out his window yelled at me like a maniac to get off the road and proceded to swerve and sway at 50 km/h and acceelerating while yelling as he passed. I laughed.

Wait there was one in spring/summer 2013. While I lived in Kingston, ON last year that my son and I were going to the YMCA and a woman unsafely passed in a residental, busy, YMCA, library, 90° corner area. As she did that my son in his seat dropped his tupper ware. The car behind me honked to let me know. I threw up a thumbs up thanks sign. The woman who passed stopped and pinned us in the YMCA drive and started to get out and berate me in front of my son and Y patrons. I have no idea why she was angry, nor did I even engage or reason with her type of crazy. Though I was scared and had the forsight to see it about to happen and I asked a woman in the lot to watch and help if needed. My adreniline was surging, I wished I got her plate and reported her, I knew about where she lived and could have but choose not to. That was the scariest situtaion ever for me and hastile drive, more since she was endagering my son.

I do not count impatient honkers or close passes since they are likley oblivious.
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