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TEN YEARS!!! New zombie thread record! Awesome!

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Originally Posted by jramsey (Post 8387)

Well, it finally happened to me. I haven't heard these words from a motorist for a long time, not even on major thoroughfares.

Friday afternoon, I was doing my usual commute home. On Belinder, in Prairie Village, KS, a quiet residential "feeder" road, a pickup passed me. The passenger said,"Get off the road!" as they drove by. Strangely, this is one of those two lane roads that has ample room for cars to park on both sides without hindering thru traffic. So, it isn't as if I was in any way impeding this (ad hominem remark deleted).

Usually, motorists are friendly and nice to me on my commute, so this was strange for the roads I take.

Jonathan

There are rednecks everywhere, even in Kansas. ;)

smile and wave kids, just smile and wave.

Including when someone responds to a 10 year old thread.

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Originally Posted by Stan (Post 8474)

Unfortunately if you ride on the road, sooner or later you are going to meet Chris L's "motoring primate." Although I've never been crowded off the road, I have been flipped off, cursed at, Had one guy yell "hey man, your supposed to be a car"!! Yeah, I lost it on that one,liked to died laughing!! This spring had my first hey look its a cyclist lets throw our beer bottle at him experience. Caught me on the left thigh, so can only assume they were going for a wheel. They missed thankfully. Left me with a nice 6" bruise though.
I never give the response they're looking for. I give'em a thumbs up and go down the road. I have become quite adept at reading license plates though.
In eight years of cycling I've had four bad encounters with autos. So, the bad ones really are few and far between.
Pete, I can't agree with you more, about life teaching us all.

Jeez. Somebody threw a beer bottle at you??? That could have been really, really bad (especially given the fact that if they had a beer bottle to throw they were probably drinking beer while driving... haha).

I've never had any experiences as bad as that. The worst I have had is somebody screaming "GET ON THE SIDEWALK!" while I was literally riding over the painted on symbol of a bike that signified that said road was a "bike boulevard" (I fear for the intelligence of the girl who screamed that). I think motorists in Portland sort of fear bikers though... we are legion. ;)

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Originally Posted by ItsJustMe (Post 13385617)

smile and wave kids, just smile and wave.

Including when someone responds to a 10 year old thread.

Doh. I totally missed that. Time for more coffee. :o

He's paying $80 bucks to fill his tank every week. He's just mad at you because you aren't.

Smile & wave. If their window is open, yell, "I love you!" It puts the h8ters off their game.

I just yell back "No!" or ignore them.
When I was stopped at a railroad crossing recently, I had this strange conversation

Lady -"Why do you ride in the street?"
Me -"Where else would I ride?"
Lady -"On the sidewalk" (with an implied 'Duh')
Me - "Well, as you can see, there's no sidewalk here. Most sidewalks are not safe and sometimes even illegal for bikes. Plus, you cant really go very fast on the sidewalk"
Lady -"Oh, just wondering"

I would like to think that was an educational moment for her than might change her attitude about bikes on the road, but that's probably just delusional.

They never seem to like it when I yell back for them to get off MY road.

Say, "Get off my back!"