Why Are Drivers So Mean???

[doc]

If you think about it, it's not drivers that are so mean. It's just some people. There are people out there who hate everyone else, feel the world has imposed upon them and they deserve better/more. They are just angry timebombs. It just so happens that when you are on a bike and they are in a car, it is life threatening. You run into them all the time elsewhere, it just isn't as scary. I try to calm myself down as quickly as possible and I can usually do that by feeling sorry for them. After all, how much does your life have to s*ck for it to be worth scaring/hurting a stranger?

[Tater]

I agree with Doc on this one; it seems that there are just a few people that are mad/hate/pi$$ed at everything and everyone. All last year, commuting by bike to work and class, it seemed the only problems I had were from the teenaged set. I had one carload of girls come up behind me, passenger rolls down her window and literally screams at me. Don't they realize how dangerous that is? Then of course, there is the obligatory redneck truck that has to pass me, but while doing so, stomp on the gas so that his non-mufflered heap goes off like a series of gunshots.

I also think that some people don't have a clue as to why some of us choose to ride our bikes, rather than drive. To drive is such a part of our society, those of us that don't do it on a regular basis are not seen as 'normal' and are therefore subject to ridicule.