Racking, fracking drivers!

**jobob** · 12-18-2004, 08:28 AM

Excellent!

**Adrien** · 03-10-2005, 07:01 AM

BTW, my favorite 4 wheeled vehicles are diesels, at least you can hear them coming. (we have a diesel pickup, but swing wide and honk when we pass a cyclist).

Oh, Kim, I know your intentions are good, but I never, ever honk at cyclists. I almost crashed the last time someone came up behind me and honked!

**emily_in_nc** · 03-10-2005, 08:50 AM

Absolutely agree with Adrien - I jump a mile if a car/truck behind me honks, even if they have good intentions. Nine times out of ten, I have already spotted them in my rear-view mirror (eyeglass mount), but I never expect a loud honk. Scares me!

Emily

**SadieKate** · 03-10-2005, 08:54 AM

Cars that honk scare the you-know-what out of me. I don't know if they're angry or friendly and I can't make eye contact with someone travelling the same direction as I. What is worse though is the dog that suddenly barks two feet away from your ear. Can't their owners train them? If not, they can hire me.

**Trek420** · 03-10-2005, 11:36 AM

sadiekate,

you train dogs?

**SadieKate** · 03-10-2005, 11:51 AM

Really only my own. In college I used to pray for my roommates to go away so I could have some training time with their dogs. They'd be little angels when the roommate/owner came back. 'Course that only lasted for about 48 hrs. Then, the roommate wondered why and blamed the dog for reverting to bad behavior. Nowadays? Well, let's put in this way, the food begging is not happening on my side of the table. DH's method of training is to just keep saying the dog's name over and over. You know the saying about training a dog to do new tricks, you have to be . . . . " Sometimes I wonder.

**Adventure Girl** · 03-10-2005, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by SadieKate

Well, let's put in this way, the food begging is not happening on my side of the table. DH's method of training is to just keep saying the dog's name over and over.

Sounds like you've got the dog under control. Maybe it's time to do some training work with DH!

From Gary Larson (The Far Side)
Blah Blah Blah, Ginger. Blah Blah Blah Blah. Blah Blah Ginger, Blah Blah.

I have a friend with an untrained dog. The dog thinks that his name is "Hank, no!"

**caligurl** · 03-11-2005, 07:58 AM

Originally Posted by emily_in_nc

I jump a mile if a car/truck behind me honks, even if they have good intentions. Nine times out of ten, I have already spotted them in my rear-view mirror (eyeglass mount), but I never expect a loud honk. Scares me!

me, too!!!!!!!!!!

**MomOnBike** · 03-11-2005, 02:21 PM

Way back (way, way back) when I took driver's ed in highschool, I remember being taught that the correct thing to do is to honk as one passes bicycles. I don't remember the reasoning - scare them off the road? - but I do remember thinking how much I'd hate it happening to me.

Never have honked at a bicycle yet. And at this stage of my life, I doubt I ever will.

Hmmm, it would be nice to have a more friendly sound to warn of your approach. Something between a honk and a bicycle bell that wouldn't scare someone into harm's way, and at the same time letting them know you're there. Might work for kids in a school zone, too.

**CorsairMac** · 03-11-2005, 02:25 PM

Has visions of ice cream truck music being piped outta my truck to gently let cyclists know I'm there!

**nuthatch** · 03-12-2005, 06:23 AM

Ha, ha! Ice cream music might make me leap off the bike TOWARD the car!

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