Well, I'm appalled. I must be naive, too, because I've never heard of this before. The worst I can report is, when attempting to cross the street in front of my office when the light turns green, sometimes the oncoming drivers stop in the middle of the crosswalk. I admit that I have given some of them an earful as I make my way around their vehicles. They usually don't understand what is the problem. Since then, I've decided to give it a rest. Some of these people might be armed, after all.

A friend in Palo Alto, CA, tells us the cycling clubs in her area are very aggressive, lashing out with metal rods at the vehicles that venture too close to their dedicated bike lanes, scratching or denting the doors or fenders. I think that is excessive.