How do you cope with the anger?

[Bollo]

I pay MacBludgeon to torture and then kill them.

 

[snorri]

Try to take satisfaction from the fact your defensive cycling has protected you from harm in spite of the efforts of others.

 

[MadoneRider1991]

i take all my anger out when im riding, i get my fastest times that way lol

 

[montage]

Try to catch them up...then deliver circular scratch marks down the side of the car - often caused by pedals.

 

[fossyant]

"Smile and wave" said the penguins........

 

[killiekosmos]

Panther,

I've worked hard at trying to avoid stress. (Changing jobs and less travel help a lot). I try to cycle with a smile on my face and forgive others' minor errors (as long as I'mstill in one piece). Usually it works and smiles get returned.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Last night when I was verbally abused I wanted to rip the ******* chav's head off.

Now I just want to lie in wait, follow him home and post dog turds through his letterbox.

 

[fossyant]

Last night when I was verbally abused I wanted to rip the ******* chav's head off.

Now I just want to lie in wait, follow him home and post dog turds through his letterbox.

LOL - or let the tyres down............... no damage......

 

[ComedyPilot]

LOL - or let the tyres down............... no damage......

Dog turds will wash off, but that smell wafting up the stairs and into the sleeping nostrils of the git that abused me will make me feel SO much better.

As will visualising them waking up the next morning and finding a dog egg on the hallway carpet, made all the more hilarious if they don't have a dog!!

 

[Noodley]

Hunt them down and kill them.

The correct answer.

 

[Panter]

Thanks all, some great advice there

I'd like to apologise for my thread though, I was feeling angry and wound up when I posted it, bottom line is I just need to grow up and learn to deal with it and basically do as the Penguins do (easier said than done for me though, hunting them down and killing them sounds a far better option )

Anyway, it's after reading about the deliberate assaults on the likes of Cubist and others, plus of course hearing of the tragic deaths of cyclists that puts it all in perspective.

I'm actually very lucky with my commute, although I have to deal with a few pikies and School run mum's, the vast majority of it is on very quiet country roads, threading their way over the Downs.
This morning, for example. It was a really thick fog in Sittingbourne this morning, a real "pea-souper."
I live about 6 feet above sea level so fog isn't unusual so I knew it would clear at some point on the way in.
Anyway, I broke through the fog at about 450 feet, the Sun had a real kick to it when it finally burst through the fog revealing stunning views across the valley I'd been weasing up for the last half hour.
To my left, the reminents of some frost were sparkling in the sunshine while two rabbits chased each other through the grass.
To my left was sat a large Cock Pheasant, with the sun illuminating his plumage framed against the rolling mist.
I even stopped and drank it all in for a minute or two and I generally hate stopping for anything on my commute

Anyway, made me realise how lucky I am to "get it" with this cycling thing and not live a life trapped in a steel box unable to understand the mentality of someone stupid enough to actually cycle 17 miles to work.....

Here's to cycling

 

[Twenty Inch]

There's a bloke wot drove at me deliberately, who parks his car on my street. Ihave such plans for that car. The sense of power I get at my potential plans far outweighs any gratification I would get from implementing them...

Sorry, this probably isn't helping, is it?

 

[yenrod]

You know, when some t**t cuts you up, deliberately swipes at you with a car or hurls abuse at you just for being there?

How do you deal with it?

I've always had a problem with road rage but I'm finding I'm getting just as stressed on the bike now but without the ability to catch the perpetrators.
Thing is, it's me that's suffering the stress, it's me who'll die an early death, not the mindless car driver who'll forget about it in an instant.

As an example, when the middle aged woman in the Merc yesterday decided to turn across in front of me, causing me to lock up and nearly fall off rather than wait the two seconds for me to pass, my heart rate monitor started bleeping furiously, meaning I'd gone over my upper limit just through stress! not good......

So, how do you deal with it?

And the limit was - just out of interest.

I locked up today on the way in and strangely the cardrivers seemed to stop quite quickly...

Funny, really, as usually I get the vibe of 'get outta my way' - from the drivers behind !

 

[Panter]

Oh it was set to 175 I think.

TBH I don't really use the zone alarms, it was just that I'd accidentally turned the alarm on at one point and couldn't figure out how to turn it back off so set it to a high level so it wouldn't keep bugging me.

 

[postman]

I shouted at a young motorist on Wednesday.Dave and me were waiting to go down a side street in Headingley.Stuck in the middle of a very busy road.Looking over my shoulder to see if Dave was ok.This prat is driving slowly towards us with his mobile stuck to his ear.
Well not like me.But i shouted at the top of my voice and he heard me and put the thing down.
But it drives me mad seeing all sorts of bad driving.