A van pulled up beside me at a traffic light the other day, and the woman in the front passenger street said very loudly to me: "You're not supposed to be riding a bicycle on the street." This was on a street that's a marked city bicycle route! I told her, "That's not true," but the light turned green before I could elaborate. Probably the common interaction I have with drivers is someone yelling "Get on the sidewalk." Most drivers are so ignorant of traffic laws that don't know that bikes are not supposed to ride on sidewalks and they are legally allowed on all roads except limited access freeways in NC.

Well, if they drive like my wife........domestic harmony demands I keep my eyes closed, and my mouth shut.

Suit yourself Dwight, I'll be back here sipping champagne.
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Speak for yourself. My demon lives outside of me and drives me around. She's actually pretty good at it... :love:

I'll gladly give up my man card, if I even have one.

The idea of driving a hybrid appeals to me because it supports the progress towards fuel efficiency and all the good that that brings about. Making responsible choices in vehicle purchases is not just manly, it is humanly.

Wives, in general, can drive, too. There is nothing unmanly about sharing chores and responsibilities with one's spouse.

He shouldn't be speaking up for his wife if she is capable of doing this for herself. She was the driver. If she has a comment for the cyclist, it is her place to make the comment. The husband was not protecting her or helping her. He was calling into question her judgment as to how to handle the situation. (This assumes that she did not ask him to make a rude, unsupported and irrelevant comment.)

It's not about the cars, but the people driving them. People driving BMWs are usually at the other end of the spectrum. Again, it's the drivers, not the cars. What's immature about that? Are you offended that people judge you by the car you drive?

I've a neighbor whose wife often drives when they go places. He's a very aggressive driver and she hates riding with him. He said that he's come to like it because he can look stuff up on his iPad while they're driving.

Oops! I had thought you were the OP... my bad. I edited my post.

Prius nerds. I go on high alert when I see a Prius, Corolla, or Camry. A Camry driver is a Corolla driver who traded up.

Prius nerds hate bikes because they are being out-smugged, out-greened.

out greened that is funny

I have these stories, but I don't tell them much. I don't figure there's much point to it. The most recent, I was with my wife and had the baby trailer under tow, my whole family. We were turning left out of a Starbucks in a shopping center, edging out into the road when it became clear... and a Suburban driver drove around the left of us to make a right turn in front of us. We were in no danger, really, he saw us and didn't run us over. But what a dick, why didn't he go to our right?

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HA! Love it!

Corolla? Hey, I drive one of them. This a CA thing? Here in MA, it's BMW, kids in cars, giant 7 person SUV's and Bubba trucks ( lift kits, big tires, spewing diesel) .

Immaturity, "serious" stereotyping, and/or "serious" issue with generalized hate?

If I say anything to any motorist that wrongs me out there, it will be limited to one word for female drivers, and two words for male drivers. These words have been carefully chosen over the years and will do painful temporary psychological damage to the person they are yelled at. Kind of like a mental Freddie Krueger attack. I gotta be pretty angry to pull out those words, but is has been done.

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Hell, I was waiting for the part of the story where somebody in the car brandishes a pistol because OP had the audacity to say something to them. I guess that only happens on my commute.

I consider drivers turning in front of me a *first world problem*.


-Kedosto

My wife generally doesn't like driving whereas I do, and I generally don't like the way she drives, so it works out for us. :D She will drive in the left lane for MILES just because the next turn is a left turn, and she hates changing lanes more than making people pass her on the right, just because of apparently this one time years ago when she almost hit someone when trying to change lanes.

My wife and I have a simple rule. If we're in her car, she drives. If we're in my car I drive.

And, thankfully, most drivers are good to me, bike commuting here in the suburbs of LA (Whittier, La Mirada, Norwalk). I don't drive a Prius but I do drive the early Honda equivalent, i.e. 2006 Honda Insight. My bike fits nicely in the back when going out to weekend ride starts (yes, do have to take the front wheel off).

When my wife and I are both traveling to a remote start ride we take her car (RAV4) and she drives. Fine with me!

Rick / OCRR

My wife and i have a rule too. The most skillful, awake...or sober...person drives.

I had to ride in a Pruis once, and felt like rolling down the window and apologizing to everyone. "I'm sorry. It's not my car, but I am truly sorry."

Or if you've been following the news. "As Donald Trump says after bickering about a question he didn't want to answer. You started it!"

But more on topic, people are idiots. I try my best to ignore them. Almost the exact same situation happened to me. I was riding along, going straight on the road. A person pulls alongside of me. I look at her, she looks at me. She puts her turn signal on and proceeds to turn right, INTO me.

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In SoCal a Corolla is a maids car.

Joey, time for a Geek Hunting thread.