Tail gaters

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Originally Posted by Rockfish9

we all can tell war stories about this for hours, people in general dont give a rats arse about anyone but themselves.. and it shows in how they drive. and as far as giving them a one finger salute or blowing the horn and any other "retaliation" goes.. I dont . in this day and age where human life means so little to some, doing so my get you a bullet .

Six or seven years ago I was cycling through town and there’s a narrow section where you have to take the lane so you don’t catch a door from a parked car. I’m actually doing the speed limit mind you and once the road widens I move over. A landscaper on his phone with a huge pickup and trailer nearly hits me. I catch up to him parked a mile or so up the road and I was pissed instead of doing the smart thing which would be to just keep riding I wrap my knuckles on the side of his trailer and wag my finger telling him to watch where the eff he is going. He chased me down, off duty cop. Words got pretty interesting and he made a lot of threats. When I got home I called the watch officer and when I said who it was I could tell he was shaking his head

Moral of the story, guy could have been a freak and shot me. Don’t pick fights with cars.

[Rockfish9]

Originally Posted by spence

Six or seven years ago I was cycling through town and there’s a narrow section where you have to take the lane so you don’t catch a door from a parked car. I’m actually doing the speed limit mind you and once the road widens I move over. A landscaper on his phone with a huge pickup and trailer nearly hits me. I catch up to him parked a mile or so up the road and I was pissed instead of doing the smart thing which would be to just keep riding I wrap my knuckles on the side of his trailer and wag my finger telling him to watch where the eff he is going. He chased me down, off duty cop. Words got pretty interesting and he made a lot of threats. When I got home I called the watch officer and when I said who it was I could tell he was shaking his head

Moral of the story, guy could have been a freak and shot me. Don’t pick fights with cars.

I used to ride my bike to work in good weather.. not any more, anyone riding a bike now days has bigger balls than me.

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Originally Posted by Rockfish9

I used to ride my bike to work in good weather.. not any more, anyone riding a bike now days has bigger balls than me.

I used to race road bikes when I was younger in Iowa and can’t tell you many times I’ve had beer bottles thrown at me. A few times drivers would get in front of us and slam their brakes. Once a guy had the nerve to stop and the group started kicking his car.

Six or so years ago here in town I was riding up 81 and some redneck with a big pickup and one of those huge air horns snuck up on me and blasted it. Just about knocked me off the road. He got the finger but I wish I could have gotten his plate.

Real problems now are cell phones and distracted drivers.