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A policeman with the balls to admit he was wrong. Bravo. Probably doesn't pull out his sidearm too easily either.
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add: if someone's yelling, A. their opinion is automatically ignored because they're stupid enough to yell out the window and B. I'll usually yell 'I love you too!' back at them while smiling and waving. They WANT you to react negatively. Somehow it 'justifies' their actions. ...AND... why give them that kind of power over your emotions? Why let the morons ruin your day over their stupidity? I have to catch myself with this one on egregious passes too, but I try M |
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Sometimes I still have more heated exchanges, sadly. Although, last year descending back into my town about 25 mph (which is the speed limit) a guy in an F250 came up almost beside me and honked which scared the **** out of me. It wasn't a long, aggressive honk, per se, but I reacted pretty negatively with many colorful words and gestures. At the stop light (or as I call them, the great equalizer) I pulled the phone and snapped a photo of the plate, just as the driver realized I was there and got out ... amazingly, he was apologetic and wondered what happened to make me so angry. I shut off my anger and explained what he did was dangerous and it would be better just to give me room and pass or wait behind me until it was safer. I also noticed the Harley sticker on his window and asked how he would react if he was on his bike and someone did that. That brought the issue home and he apologized again, then said he never realized it and was giving me the honk to let me know he was there. We both admitted our mistakes, shook hands and moved along with out lives. It was a good result. |
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If I flip off a driver, I just reinforced in that driver’s mind that all cyclists are jerks. Likelihood is he/she takes it out on the next cyclist down the road. Countering bad behavior with more bad behavior only escalates until someone pays a pretty nasty price.... for no reason. |
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In the past some of the jurisdictions I have lived there was an odd contradiction in laws as it pertains to cyclists on the road. While it may have been legal for cyclists and groups to ride in the single or right hand lane it was also illegal to obstruct traffic.
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