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Trudi Marrapodi
Guest
Well, it's that time of year again (at least in the Northern Hemisphere) for some of us who are not
as hardy as some of you guys, and who are, admittedly, only seasonal bikers...that time to get our
first yell of the above sentiment from some motorist.
Am I surprised? No. But what does surprise me is this: my first one of the season, today, came from
a guy who was driving on the OPPOSITE side of the road from me.
FYI, nothing out of the ordinary was going on at the time on the side of the road I was on...no one
was backed up behind me, I wasn't making a left turn or doing anything unexpected, etc., with the
folks on the other side. In fact, I think the roadway all around me in my lane was pretty empty. I
was just biking along--barely far enough from the right to stay out of the door zone of a line of
parked cars.
And that's when I got it from this jerk on the other side of the road.
Anything like this happen to anyone else before? Get yelled at by a motorist not for any specific
action you took (legal or not), or for slowing down what he sees as his personal right to drive as
fast as he possibly can, but simply for BEING present on the road?
The ignorance and boorishness of some elements of humankind never ceases to amaze me.
--
Trudi "Just like Pagliacci did..."--Smokey Robinson
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Say NO to secret judging and corruption in skating -- support SkateFAIR! http://www.skatefair.org
as hardy as some of you guys, and who are, admittedly, only seasonal bikers...that time to get our
first yell of the above sentiment from some motorist.
Am I surprised? No. But what does surprise me is this: my first one of the season, today, came from
a guy who was driving on the OPPOSITE side of the road from me.
FYI, nothing out of the ordinary was going on at the time on the side of the road I was on...no one
was backed up behind me, I wasn't making a left turn or doing anything unexpected, etc., with the
folks on the other side. In fact, I think the roadway all around me in my lane was pretty empty. I
was just biking along--barely far enough from the right to stay out of the door zone of a line of
parked cars.
And that's when I got it from this jerk on the other side of the road.
Anything like this happen to anyone else before? Get yelled at by a motorist not for any specific
action you took (legal or not), or for slowing down what he sees as his personal right to drive as
fast as he possibly can, but simply for BEING present on the road?
The ignorance and boorishness of some elements of humankind never ceases to amaze me.
--
Trudi "Just like Pagliacci did..."--Smokey Robinson
____
Say NO to secret judging and corruption in skating -- support SkateFAIR! http://www.skatefair.org