Originally Posted by
chipcom
I know where you are coming from. One of the unintended consequences of getting more people out of their cars and on to bikes is that we end up with more drivers operating their bikes with the same rudeness, impatience and even incompetence that they operated their cars with. What did I label them...COBs? (Cagers On Bikes).
It's nice to see so many coming to places like BF to get good advice though.
Chip, you phrased it much better than me, COB, I think that's appropriate. Also, I think some folks are a little drunk on the freedom of getting out of their cage and I have to remember to cut them some slack. It's pretty amazing to zoom past the traffic you used to be stuck and fuming in. Plus with summer coming on and gas prices going up for the foreseeable future I should get used to sharing the road with some new faces.
Maybe that's what I should do instead of a "Cyclist pamphlet" is just hand them a card with a link to the Bikeforums and let them glean what they will.