As they say, hindsight's 20/20 :o) And yep, cyclists are treated like shit on the roads. There's plenty of stories about actual injuries, but the attitude's just as bad. I got honked at twice by a white van driver once, the first time because I was slow to push off at the roundabout, the second as I took one exit and he carried on round. I have no idea what the second one was for. Maybe I was just such a nice bright shade of yellow that he felt the need to let me know he approved :o) Unfortunately, it didn't translate.
I also had a ned girl swear at me because she tried to cross a road without looking from behind a parked ice-cream van, as I was passing. I'd already given myself plenty of leeway from the van for just this eventuality, but she felt I'd been careless. That incident finally gave me the chance to yell back, "What, am I not bright enough or something?" :oD Bearing in mind I was wearing a fluorescent yellow jacket on a sunny day.
I have several anecdotes from my brief cycling stint, but I'll not bore you with them all today :o)
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Date: 2008-06-12 09:28 pm (UTC)I also had a ned girl swear at me because she tried to cross a road without looking from behind a parked ice-cream van, as I was passing. I'd already given myself plenty of leeway from the van for just this eventuality, but she felt I'd been careless. That incident finally gave me the chance to yell back, "What, am I not bright enough or something?" :oD Bearing in mind I was wearing a fluorescent yellow jacket on a sunny day.
I have several anecdotes from my brief cycling stint, but I'll not bore you with them all today :o)