Originally Posted by
howsteepisit
In the OP, the poster did not talk of the camera allaying his fear, he talked of documenting driver's actions. Helmet cam is fine for that. What can be done and the result is more undefined.
Really? This is from the OP (#1):
Originally Posted by
ShooFlyPie
I have had enough. The more experienced I get with urban cycling the less I have to deal with. However, there are times that I have been blatantly harassed or almost hit by ignorant neanderthals that I can't avoid regardless of experience in control and release, follow laws, or learning how to keep calm while being harassed.
I am getting a helmet cam. I am documenting that guy with bumper sticker from a local fire department trying to hit me legally riding in a sharrowed lane, the hillbilly in a SUV throwing a glass bottle at me for waiting at a stop light, or that jackass who feels to get out of his big pickup after giving him the bird for passing to close. I want this documented.
The name calling and accusations. Doesn't that REEK of fear/anger to you? I mean sure.... the OP doesn't come right out and admit he is having genuine extreme fear issues.... but what he does post in his rants....
DO.
As a fellow cyclist..... I feel sorry for the guy. Some people are always too fearful to enjoy cycling with/in/around traffic. But some cyclist also seem to develop a fear/phobia/paranoia about riding around cars and/or traffic. It's very sad. It makes me grateful for the cycling available for me. I know cycling isn't for everyone. And someday many of us will have to face the day we just hang our bicycles on the wall.