Did I do this right?
03-25-19, 04:31 PM
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ok, good. I've thought about intersections I ride too. sometimes I change how I ride them. sometimes I don't. makes sense to review our habits from time to time. especially considering how final, some decisions can be
03-25-19, 05:09 PM
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Yeah. I guess you should have waved. That is my response to getting flipped off. I used to get pissed but now I wave. Just to set the record straight: sidewalks are for cleaning the snow off of though nobody including the postman uses them.
03-25-19, 06:18 PM
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Thanks all for the thoughts and responses. This really is a great forum!
03-25-19, 08:52 PM
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Sounds good to me. Likely the idiot was an anti bicycle person. Lot's of them around. Just do what you know you legally can and ignore what others say / do. As long as you know you are following the law they can honk their horns all they want.
03-26-19, 12:22 AM
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Gotta be careful w these mofos on their power trips. I usually stay to right side of lane if it is a designated left turn lane and if not you should probably be far left. But I have found to just do what feels safe. Gotta know where all cars are. I have to remind myself not to get retaliation road rage this year. Looking forward to it a little. First A hole I get this year I'm gonna yell, "Howdy mister!" Like in red dead redemption.
03-26-19, 04:48 AM
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Unless he wanted to do a jackrabbit start and you held him back. Those drivers cannot be appeased. Usually I have the opposite issue, I get behind the slow turner. There was that one glorious day when I was in a long turning lane and held on pushing 30 into the turn. That is rare. Being on a bicycle obeying rules is an oddity.
