Not so crazy

[Tri Girl]

This is great!
I usually smile and wave.
The other day a car drove up behind me and honked angrily. I waved, but as he passed he was pointing angrily at the path next to the road (the path, that in that particular spot is so buckled and littered with glass that I never ride it- hence while I was on the road). I got so angry that he honked at me and scared me and was pointing that I flipped him off. Then he flipped me off. Not the best for relations, but how dare he get so mad at me for riding within my legal rights (this is a road that cars don't have to even drive on- it's a lake road that leads to nowhere). I couldn't control my anger.


I need to do the call me thing. THAT is hilarious!!!

[HappyTexasMom]

So far no one has ever yelled at me while I was on my bike, but it's happened to me in the car (for doing things like, say, daring to stop at a yellow when I clearly have plenty of time to do so). Sometimes I will just ignore them, or succumb to yelling back or fliipping them off (I know, not a good idea, but I'm not perfect)...but sometimes I will just grin maniacally and wave frantically. They probably think I am mentally challenged in some way. But I love the idea of confusing them and making them think that I have no idea that I was just insulted, or that I made them mad.

If I know I've truly done something wrong, I'll just give an apologetic wave. It's when I feel that the other person is just being a jerk that I'll do the other things.

[Geonz]

This is great!
I usually smile and wave.
The other day a car drove up behind me and honked angrily. I waved, but as he passed he was pointing angrily at the path next to the road (the path, that in that particular spot is so buckled and littered with glass that I never ride it- hence while I was on the road). I got so angry that he honked at me and scared me and was pointing that I flipped him off. Then he flipped me off. Not the best for relations, but how dare he get so mad at me for riding within my legal rights (this is a road that cars don't have to even drive on- it's a lake road that leads to nowhere). I couldn't control my anger.


I need to do the call me thing. THAT is hilarious!!!

I have an air horn and I know how to use it.

I did have a driver who pulled out right in front of me (from where he was parked) stop and say with indignance "I saw you! You had plenty of room!"

... right. He saw me, and I had room to do as ALL people should do -- get out of HIS ROYAL WAY. He then proceeded to tell me I belonged on the bike lane (that wasn't there), and drive forward, and then when he got to where the bike lanes actually were, point to them. I was compelled to suggest that he wasn't very bright, but wasn't happy with with that, and decided that practicing my Broken Record Technique would have been better: ""you pulled out on me." Not even "and I had teh right of way," since that invites escalation... but perhaps, "You pulled out on *me,* young man."