Originally Posted by
ill.clyde
Had a similar experience last week. Less confrontational, but there was a woman creeping into the bike lane, WELL before a right turn was possible, which put me within "dooring" range of the parked cars to my right. As I rode past I tapped on her truck and then motioned behind me to move over.
She then passed me after making her turn, informing me through an open window and raised voice that she was there because she was "GOING TO TURN RIGHT, YA PR1CK!"
By and large Milwaukee is a bike friendly city, but there's plenty of mouth breathing troglodytes who take up the slack.
Ahh she is just grumpy she doesn't get enough pr1ck of her own.
I regularly do the door/fender slap when getting off the bridge on the exit slip road. Drivers always creep to go right and I just tap the door a few times. It usually scares the sh8t out of them. But I worry they will make me hook my son's seat on their mirror if they keep creeping (he is not in at this point).
With that being said I have had a lot of drivers see me and give me more space in a lot of other pinch points this week. Maybe drivers are more aware since it is now summer and that is when bikes should be on the road. I also think my new day glo green shirt and flashy lights "pop" when they look in the mirror.
I think the radio stations make announcements about being aware of motorcycles; maybe it makes them think of cyclists also.