Arm waving maybe not, but if you pass close enough to me to make me jump then you will get an audible reminder that I'm there, whether bell, horn or shout, depending which bike I'm using and how fast I reach the controls!Yes I learnt the hard way somebody trying to ram me with their car which I think was a direct result ofarm waning, I now try not to react but sometimes it's very difficult
I totally agree. Suppressing the urge is not easy at times.Yes I learnt the hard way somebody trying to ram me with their car which I think was a direct result ofarm waning, I now try not to react but sometimes it's very difficult
We know it wasn't you because we all know you drive one of these...I was there at the weekend! Stopped early for breakfast on my.way down to an SAR training course in Wokingham.
There was this one arse on a bicycle...
Agreed, I definitely allow myself to get annoyed much more on the bike than I do in the car. I think it's the nearness of death that a thoughtless (or sometimes needlessly malicious) act can bring. I'd get in to less arguments if I just allowed myself to accept that pointing out someone almost killed me has no functional benefit to me at all. Although I guess one time in fifty the myopic nobber does admit that they were in the wrong and will try better next time.The driving gave the rider no respect whatsoever, but the problems started after the shouting and gesturing. At this point, if the driver had resulted in injury to the rider, then it would be the drivers fault, but the rider could most definitely have avoided the scenario. Something to think about?
I totally agree. Suppressing the urge is not easy at times.
Probably best just to squeal for the benefit of the camera mic...
Wilhelm Scream?It's OK, you can add that in post...
I know from experience! My post was not from the moral high ground, but from seeing it from outside.Agreed, I definitely allow myself to get annoyed much more on the bike than I do in the car. I think it's the nearness of death that a thoughtless (or sometimes needlessly malicious) act can bring. I'd get in to less arguments if I just allowed myself to accept that pointing out someone almost killed me has no functional benefit to me at all. Although I guess one time in fifty the myopic nobber does admit that they were in the wrong and will try better next time.
I guess if someone else was looking out for me by stopping other people trying to kill or maim me I'd not feel so great a need to point it out. If only there was some system that worked like that.
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The driving gave the rider no respect whatsoever, but the problems started after the shouting and gesturing. At this point, if the driver had resulted in injury to the rider, then it would be the drivers fault, but the rider could most definitely have avoided the scenario. Something to think about?
I find your reply quite offensive, as there is no right or wrong, just opinion.Wrong. The problem started when the driver bullied his way into the lane, giving the cyclist a fright, and the instinctive reaction from the cyclist is only to be expected. The driver clearly thinks might is right and not to be challenged.