Irritating ride....

[PamNY]

Funny about the dog. Would have been tempting to stop and join that guy at church.

Pam

[Kano]

I remember when I was a new driver, picking Grandpa up from his place on Sunday mornings -- very near a church, whch "changed shifts" aroud the time we picked him up. The people walking in and out were all behaving in this crazy manner --- we always figured they thought church made them invincible!

Go get 'em Chris!

Karen in Boise

[andtckrtoo]

Don't even get me started on the Christian school moms! They are wild (if usually funny and sweet when I stop them) drivers! Nothing makes my blood run cold on the bike or make me check my radar in the car then the site of one of those minivans flying over the hill. Maybe when my cold dead body is lying near my mangled bike they can rally a little divine intervention.

My sister is a mom of three and swears that there is no more dangerous driver on the road than a mom in a Minivan. Her attention is usually divided by the kids, the latest schedule and the latest gossip (j/k) with very little left for the road. (Yes, this is a generalization - I know a lot of moms who are good drivers). When I drove a Mini Cooper, the minivans were the ones I had to watch out for.

In the Bay Area I have a lot of issues with Prius drivers - almost like they put all of their brain cells into buying a car and have no more left for safe driving. Although I did almost become a hood ornament on an OLD pick up truck with an old guy behind the wheel while I was coming down a big hill on Saturday, but that was more due to the sun in the guys eyes and nothing else (well, and me going way too fast down the hill). He stopped and I stopped and all was well except for a raised heart rate on both of our ends.

[kenyonchris]

Did the dog owner thank you?

LOL! Not after he bit her. She dropped him.

I did, actually, note the first three of the LP (sort of habit) of the churchgoing finger thrower. I work every other Sunday, so I plan on staking that stretch of road out...lots of cyclists use it. Hopefully, I will observe him behaving in such a fashion again and pull him over. Based upon his behavior, it may be an amusing stop (being rude never works out well).

[tctrek]

Hopefully, I will observe him behaving in such a fashion again and pull him over. Based upon his behavior, it may be an amusing stop (being rude never works out well).

I wish I could give out some tickets!!