I would love to have a camera that kept the last 30 seconds.
I figure I would mount a mirror in front of it to catch them
on film coming up, then flip the mirror up as they go by. It
needs sound too, for when you catch them at the next light
and ask them why they buzzed you - the morons will usually
admit it - case closed.
I just had an incident yesterday where this would have
really nailed the guy who buzzed me. You know it is
intentional when the jerk's girlfriend whirls around in the
seat to see your reaction. He was so intent on buzzing me,
he failed to merge and left his rear end out in traffic.
Instead I had to settle with spanking his trunk as I went
by. He drove by later yelling something to the effect of
"You hit my car!" Somehow to him the crime of car-spanking
was worse then assault with a deadly weapon. He didn't seem
interested in my "you want a piece of me" gesture. I figure
he wanted to look tough for his girlfriend and wound up
getting spanked and running away. Its nice to be 6'1" and
have lost the last of your give a **** reserve.
If push does come to shove, my plan is to pull over
near a witness, and first ask the perp: "Why did you
swerve at me?" They have to admit it. If they didn't
just say "Oh no, I get into it with every single car
that passes me!" I also plan to egg them on and take
the first swing on the helmet, so they get charged for
two counts. Then I can go to fist city. Hopefully I
have caught my breath by then.
"Gabriel DeVault" <
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> I really think it's about time to use something like this
> whenever driving/riding.
>
>
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/02/1938203&mode=th-
read&tid=152&tid=158&tid=173&tid=185&tid=187&tid=99
>
> Link may require some reconstruction...
>
> Gabriel DeVault
>
>
> "stratrider" <
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>
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> > As a regular commuter, I find myself once again amazed
> > by the number of road pigs I contend with almost daily.
> > This morning and MANY times before, a driver came
> > intentionally close to me as he passed. Cleary this
> > maneuver was designed to make me aware of how irritated
> > he was that I was on the road. This was at 6:30 AM in
> > full daylight with one and half lanes available to pass
> > me! What makes people like this guy so hostile towards
> > cyclists! I am disgusted! Maybe I should accessorize my
> > Stratus with a sidewinder missle so as to "level the
> > playing field". Any help with the mounting bracket
> > design would be appreciated.
> >
> > Jim Reilly Reading, PA