ALMOST tagged.

[pfunk12]

I'm glad to hear that you're okay, kenyonchris. I can definitely relate to what DDH said. I had an incident a few weeks ago during my commute home. It was definitely not one of my proudest moments on a bike. I had two cars cut me off. What I didn't realize initially was that the 2nd car was following the 1st (not that it matters since they shouldn't have cut me off in the first place). But I guess driver #2 was trying to stay close to driver #1. It happened in a quiet, residential neighborhood - tons of kids, dogs, crosswalks, stop signs, etc. There was no need to be driving fast or aggressively. When the 2nd car cut me off, my anger rose and it got worse when she gave me a stupid look. And then I noticed the child in the car seat. I passed her and when she caught up to me and passed me, she yelled something stupid like how I should get out of her way. My anger rose again! I caught up to her at a stop sign. She turned on the street where I would normally turn. Since she was acting crazy, I decided to continue straight and make the next right. I turned around - she stopped the car and flipped me the bird and was cursing at me! With her child in the back seat! The next street that I turned on intersects with the street she was on. So I ended up "running into" her on two more occasions. The funny part of the story is that I think she thought I was following her so she got scared. I guess if everytime I looked in my rear view mirror while driving my car and I saw a rabid cyclist, I would be scared, too! The last time I saw her, instead of flipping me the bird, she yelled out her window in a scared voice, "What are you doing????" I hope that the next time she comes upon a cyclist, she thinks twice before she acts stupidly or aggressively.

[spazzdog]

sic 'em kenyon!

won't he be surprised when you pull up next to him & his big boat (and truck with a HEMI) when you're in your cruiser and uniform and say "Hey, remember that cyclist last week... it was me"

Go get 'em girlfriend!

spazz