Quote Originally Posted by mimitabby
Good for you Idaho girl ! (Tator)

I think the same thing that works for dogs works for people in cars.
they see you on the road and they forget you are human. You get in their face
(catch up to their car at a light or get off your bike and walk towards the dog)
and they remember that you are a person.

They HATE that. they'd rather you continued being an object so they could
act out their hostile fantasies.

every time i catch up with someone (happened to me 2x now) I feel like I really scored; because I get to educate them and they find out that gee, they are not the only righteous person in the universe.
You know, I can only hope that by educating some doofus that their actions are not just rude, but dangerous, helps in some way. Maybe that one person won't be so inclined to holler at the next cyclist he/she sees.

I think a lot of it has to do with the 'i'm in a car, therefore I am superior' attitude. Well, excuse the p!ss out of me, I'm on a bike and much more fit and healthy because of it!