I've had maybe 2 not so close encounters with vehicular traffic. I say not so close as I read the traffic around me. If I see or feel a car is speeding up to race me to an intersection, I figure he is going to turn in front of me. So I back off a step and let him go. But for the most part, I follow and obey the law on my bicycle and find drivers are very, even more than courteous to me out on the road.

For the life of me, I can not understand the stupid mentality some cyclists have when it comes to traffic. They know what is going to happen but they set themselves up against a losing battle knowing they could get seriously hurt. Totally stupid in my opinion. What's that old saying? Dead right!

I've seen a few cyclists do stupid things then complain about it. I have a hard time feeling their pain when all they had to do was think for a second, what a much better world this would be if they could slow for a split second to let a hazard roll by with no friction.

Now ask me about other cyclists! Yes, I have almost been hit by other cyclists blowing stop signs and red lights! Idiots! I can see why some drivers don't like some cyclists.