Long Beach, California -- I was on a normal street, one with wider lanes than most others, hugging my right shoulder and comes up a car next to me with a arm outward that throws a hand full of pennies at me. It startled me as a few hit my face and helmet. I pulled over and just had to laugh at how ridiculous that was.
Then I was sharing my experience with a few friends and one of them who is one of those LA aggressive drivers, shared with me that is the new way of someone flipping off. He said he keeps his ash tray full of pennies so he can throw them at cars that tick him off. Now I have been noticing all the pennies on the streets of Los Angeles and can't help but think of my experience.
Has anyone else had this happen to them?
In my days that I ran a lot I would have all kinds of things thrown at me. Beer bottles, bolts, loogies, cans, various remains of fruits. But never a common societal misfit behavior such as flying penny.