Originally Posted by
spare_wheel
The idea that flipping off motorized couch riders is dangerous is the equivalent of razor blade in candy apple mytholgy.
Pure FUD and pure snopes.com.
IMO, it is my duty as a person who cycles to flip off dangerous drivers.
Hardly pure FUD... had a girlfriend who was assaulted some 30 years ago by a motorist that had first cut her off, and she flipped him off... he stopped and started yelling at her and pushed her... she kept the bike between him and her. He eventually grabbed the bike, threw it to the sidewalk and then stomped off and drove off. This was a tiny woman BTW... so no doubt this guy was empowered by this difference in size. No witnesses... early morning thing. Nothing was really damaged... just scratched paint.
Not that this happens often... but I would be careful where you aim that flipped finger... Your mileage may vary.