Driver profiling: hats and hoods
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Driver profiling: hats and hoods
As I gain experience commuting by bike, I find myself getting better at identifying potentially dangerous drivers. Has anyone else noticed that one sure sign of a dodgy driver is headgear? If they're wearing a hat or a hood, they're almost always unpredictable, aggressive or inattentive; if they're wearing both, don't go anywhere near them!
Not sure why this is. To me it just seems wrong to wear a hat / hood in a car.
What other signals put you on alert?
Not sure why this is. To me it just seems wrong to wear a hat / hood in a car.
What other signals put you on alert?
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I find the ones on the road tend to be most dangerous. Beyond that, I haven't noticed any patterns.
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Yes, I can see bumper stickers being another warning sign. We don't have many of those where I live though.
Another one I've just thought of: "child in car" stickers and signs. Always the cars with those are the ones making unsignalled lane changes!
Another one I've just thought of: "child in car" stickers and signs. Always the cars with those are the ones making unsignalled lane changes!
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According to this , bumper stickers and personalized items (like on van in second pic) = road rage.
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Around here if I can spot that the driver is wearing a hoodie and the hood is up or a baseball cap that either is on crooked or the brim is perfectly flat, I know I have a potential driver issue coming.
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As I gain experience commuting by bike, I find myself getting better at identifying potentially dangerous drivers. Has anyone else noticed that one sure sign of a dodgy driver is headgear? If they're wearing a hat or a hood, they're almost always unpredictable, aggressive or inattentive; if they're wearing both, don't go anywhere near them!
Around here if I can spot that the driver is wearing a hoodie and the hood is up or a baseball cap that either is on crooked or the brim is perfectly flat, I know I have a potential driver issue coming.
Also, are people riding backwards? I don't tend to see a driver until they pass me, and even then rarely get a good look at them.
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I can spot their SUVs with rubberband tires or their riced up Hondas with wings and coffee can exhausts before I can see what they wear. Damn, I can often hear and feel them before I can even see them
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I was wondering that too. Most drivers I've had problems with were approaching from behind. The only time I get a good look at anybody is at an intersection.
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Also, are people riding backwards? I don't tend to see a driver until they pass me, and even then rarely get a good look at them.
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Truck nutz. Actually, pretty much any late model truck tends to be a problem, though the company trucks are a little better than the privately owned ones. Tow package pretty much guarantees an ******* behind the wheel.
(I imagine that this stereotype doesn't hold true in rural places where people might actually use trucks. But urban drivers with big trucks are usually poorly endowed men who try to make up for it with an inflated ego.)
(I imagine that this stereotype doesn't hold true in rural places where people might actually use trucks. But urban drivers with big trucks are usually poorly endowed men who try to make up for it with an inflated ego.)
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just today i saw a female truck driver,She did not even opened her truck side mirrors when she stopped at the lights i opened them for her .I mean fear female truck drivers at all costs
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Beat up, rusty old pickup trucks tend to buzz cyclists, almost left hook people, and do other stupid, dangerous things on the road, a lot more than most other vehicle types around here, too...
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The last driver who honked and yelled at me was a fat, middle-aged woman driving an Oldsmobile. Now I'm wary of all fat, middle-aged women driving Oldsmobiles. Hooray for random observations extrapolated into a stereotype!
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By all stereotypes, everyone should dive for the ditch when they see me coming...
- beat up, lifted Jeep with aftermarket exhaust and CB antennas
- stickers covering rear side windows
- wearing a baseball cap
But I suppose it's offset by...
- 4 bike Thule rack on rear hitch
- stickers are almost all bike company advertising
- cap has LBS logo
- beat up, lifted Jeep with aftermarket exhaust and CB antennas
- stickers covering rear side windows
- wearing a baseball cap
But I suppose it's offset by...
- 4 bike Thule rack on rear hitch
- stickers are almost all bike company advertising
- cap has LBS logo
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Yeah, but Jeeps are the official car of the Seattlopolis.
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Generally, I find that moving cars are potentially more dangerous than non-moving cars, although I try to avoid both if possible. That's the extent of my profiling.
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By all stereotypes, everyone should dive for the ditch when they see me coming...
- beat up, lifted Jeep with aftermarket exhaust and CB antennas
- stickers covering rear side windows
- wearing a baseball cap
But I suppose it's offset by...
- 4 bike Thule rack on rear hitch
- stickers are almost all bike company advertising
- cap has LBS logo
- beat up, lifted Jeep with aftermarket exhaust and CB antennas
- stickers covering rear side windows
- wearing a baseball cap
But I suppose it's offset by...
- 4 bike Thule rack on rear hitch
- stickers are almost all bike company advertising
- cap has LBS logo
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The problem is the new trucks with the massive front ends and double wide rear tires that are driven hotshot young MBAs, oilfield labourers and other such people with more money than brains.