Originally Posted by
Iride01
It is rare here in my area. At least for me it is.
The closest I had to a confrontation was a guy from Texas that stopped ahead of me real angry on the Natchez Trace. However I'd shot him the bird for buzzing me too close and leaning on his horn. So perhaps it wasn't as much him being confrontational as it was me for not just ignoring him as he went by.
There isn't a shoulder on the Natchez Trace and there are signs that say that cyclist may use the full lane.
I have ridden in a lot of different places in the US, and the hostility levels vary a lot from region to region and sometimes from town to town. NH is definitely the most hostile state I've ridden in. It's a small minority of drivers, but they are quite nasty.