What a day.. I was involved in three near misses today, all involving drivers who failed to obey simple road rules... run of the mill stuff I guess for city commuters, but my day is never this mad...
1) 8:20am - Approaching a single lane round-a-bout in a back street. 20m from entering it I hear a car speed up behind me. A 40something woman cuts right in front of me leaving me nowhere to go... fortunately I read this well and knew exactly what was going to happen. I very impolitely informed her of her mistake at judging my speed.
2) 2pm - (Non cycling) Walking across a ped-crossing that goes across a slip lane. Took one step out and saw, again, a 40something woman almost take me out while looking the other way. She stops at the give way sign 20m or so up the road.. "Oh, I'm sorry, you believe you had right of way?" or something to that effect (or not).. best part of this was the huge audience who all saw this take place. I ended it with a smile and still had the two coffees in my hand..
3) 6:45pm The ride home... Entering a T intersection (from the south part of the T) following a car turning right. I was also turning right but held my line in the middle of the lane. Next thing I know something large and white is a few cm's from my left calf.. I turn to see some 40something guy in his car gesturing with hand movements for me to get out of the way. Ok, enough.. *snap* Went to town on this guy explaining the road rules... which by the way now includes a few "you fat f*cking mother f(cuking c*u7"s..
No rewards for doing the right thing and no punishment for those who don't.. I really hope these people learn from their mistakes today, because next time they'll encounter someone who isn't as alert and they'll have more to deal with than some roadie swearing at them..
f'kn grrr.. then to top this off, had some squeaking bike wheel sukka tail me for 5kms+ while I was on my SS... impossible to drop someone on a slight downhill in 39/15!.. kept popping him off on the hills tho
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1) 8:20am - Approaching a single lane round-a-bout in a back street. 20m from entering it I hear a car speed up behind me. A 40something woman cuts right in front of me leaving me nowhere to go... fortunately I read this well and knew exactly what was going to happen. I very impolitely informed her of her mistake at judging my speed.
2) 2pm - (Non cycling) Walking across a ped-crossing that goes across a slip lane. Took one step out and saw, again, a 40something woman almost take me out while looking the other way. She stops at the give way sign 20m or so up the road.. "Oh, I'm sorry, you believe you had right of way?" or something to that effect (or not).. best part of this was the huge audience who all saw this take place. I ended it with a smile and still had the two coffees in my hand..
3) 6:45pm The ride home... Entering a T intersection (from the south part of the T) following a car turning right. I was also turning right but held my line in the middle of the lane. Next thing I know something large and white is a few cm's from my left calf.. I turn to see some 40something guy in his car gesturing with hand movements for me to get out of the way. Ok, enough.. *snap* Went to town on this guy explaining the road rules... which by the way now includes a few "you fat f*cking mother f(cuking c*u7"s..
No rewards for doing the right thing and no punishment for those who don't.. I really hope these people learn from their mistakes today, because next time they'll encounter someone who isn't as alert and they'll have more to deal with than some roadie swearing at them..
f'kn grrr.. then to top this off, had some squeaking bike wheel sukka tail me for 5kms+ while I was on my SS... impossible to drop someone on a slight downhill in 39/15!.. kept popping him off on the hills tho
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