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Old 02-03-09 | 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by ItsJustMe
That generally only happens if the guy knows he's in the wrong. Some people who just almost caused an accident will respond to any challenge aggressively, because I guess they think it makes YOU the bad guy, deflecting the blame from them.
I have recently had this happen. I was not on my bike at the time. I was walking my dogs in my neighborhood. I was on the right side of the street walking with my dogs in front of me on leashes. I live in a brand new neighborhood so there was not a sidewalk for me to walk on and the side of the road was packed with deep snow. I was walking into a roundabout and coming straight towards me on the wrong side of the road was a pick up truck. I often see people cut through the roundabouts on the left side.... I yanked my dogs out of the way and yelled HEY! as loud as I could. The guy then stopped and yelled at ME for wearing dark clothing at night and walking in the middle of the road (which I was not). He then said he has seen me walking my dogs before and if he sees me again....I cut off what he was saying and said you are going to do what!? I then shook my head and walked off. I did not fear a confrontation, I just could not believe someone who was in the complete wrong would get mad at someone who they almost ran over....
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