Wow, I'm surprised I'm not the only who had this happen to him. It happened to me twice this week and it was the first time I got stuff thrown at me.

The first was last Tuesday. I do a 40 km commute to and back from work and I have to cross a long bridge to get there and the bridge has a cycling path on the West side. As I was coming home and going up the bridge at about 15 km/h, the passenger of a car rolling at 70 km/h (it's a 50 km/h zone, but everybody drives at 70 km/h) threw one cent (or a penny if you prefer) at me and I got it in the face. I suspect he was trying to get it in my mouth to simulate a toll or something. When it happened, I lost my balance and let out a couple of swear words. I could have fallen and hurt myself or I could have choked if I got it in the mouth.

The second time was Wednesday (the next day), when I was going to get my girlfriend at work in the evening, the passenger of a car threw me a water bottle. It had some water in it, but the cap was on. Even if it was in the evening, he did see me as I had my flashing red light on the back of my bike and a flashing white light in front. I could have picked it up and threw it back at him as I could have easily caught him because of the number of traffic lights on that street, but I had to go get my girlfriend and I was running a little late. When we got back home, the water bottle was still there in the street.

I wonder what people have against cyclists?