Ah, there's the rub - it is an option. But, as I've said previously, I'm inclined to stand up to bullies and am currently weighing up the options of altering a route for the sake of a quiet life and bowing to their intimidation, or doing something about it. And don't worry, I've been told on numerous occasions throughout my life that I something make things difficult for myself.
Hi Jon, I started off, nervous, again at 40 and once confident I joined cycle forums and began to understand and use cycle road craft. I soon became a raging miltant rider, no driver would escape my venom should he do something I didn't "like". Travelling to Leeds each day along the main v.busy Aire Valley arterial route provided incident after incident, some funny some not so funny, I knew the route like the back of my hand, I might let a miscreant go, but I knew where I'd catch him up. And I would, and sparks would fly, often mirrors and wiper blades too, and all for what? To make a point? To not back down? I had zero enjoyment on my bike.
For years now, I've just let it all go, there is no point in starting or having any dialogue with numbskulls, now, it's got to be something particularly dangerous, reckless and scary (for me) that makes me do or say anything, that might be once a month, before it was several times each day. I read posts in the "commuting" forum saying "Look, look, look at what this driver did" and I look at the accompanying video and think "I wouldn't even have bothered to dwell on it, never mind download a video and post a rant".
I enjoy all my riding now and ride more and more, life's too short to give your time away, let it all go, you'll soon get used to it.
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