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But most Americans learn

Donal — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:09:39 +0000

In reply to There is a huge difference

But most Americans learn their driving habits in cars, and I see auto drivers drive slowly in front of others to piss them off all the time. I even see them swerve around to stay in front. Does it work with a bicycle? Obviously not, but learned behavior is difficult to unlearn. She probably won't do it again.

There is a huge difference

A Guy Called LULU — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 17:00:22 +0000

In reply to Suppose you were sitting in

There is a huge difference between being in a car exposed to an idiot [Assuming the bump was deemed deliberate as in the story] and being on a bicycle. Trust me on this, I understand road rage. I have been on both sides of it. I understand why she was angry, but the woman was bumped deliberately and from the laughter she knew that there was more then one idiot in the car that thought doing something as stupid and dangerous as bumping her was funny and she proceeded to try to deliberately piss them off. If you disagree that that is acting stupidly then we just disagree. Another quote from her original description of the event.

"Now, I ignore a lot of crap when I'm off duty. Like I said I encounter rude, impatient & distracted drivers all the time. 99% of the time its not worth getting into an argument over, not to mention it can be dangerous. You never know who you might be dealing with or what could set them off."

She didn't know what kind of nut was behind her or what might set them off but she was willing to push them in order to find out and to do so from an extremely vulnerable position. I once read a news story of a young woman psychology major who did an experiment for her thesis. She moved in with a male roommate and intentionally tried to aggravate him every chance she could and to document his response to various things she did. It made the news because she was in the hospital laying in a coma from the guy beating her to a pulp when he finally snapped. I hope it does not need being said that I am not defending the actions of either of the guys in either situation but I think the woman cop was in a better situation than most to understand how severe the consequences can be if you piss off the wrong person.

Suppose you were sitting in

Donal — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:57:00 +0000

In reply to This is an interesting story

Suppose you were sitting in your car at a light, and a dump truck nudged you? She reacted exactly as many auto drivers react to a pushy driver honking or driving too closely from behind. That's not surprising because many American cyclists develop their traffic behavior in cars first.

This is an interesting story

A Guy Called LULU — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:31:34 +0000

In reply to Victory (sort of)

This is an interesting story and assuming all of it is as presented it is an example an idiot criminal getting at least a bit of what he deserves. Did you follow the link within the link to see the lady bicycle cop's first account of the story where she says,

"So I debated whether to say something to this dick of a driver. The light turned green, and I decided to let it go and instead ride reeeallllyyyy slllloooowwwwwlllly in front of him to piss him off."

That is hardly "letting it go" as she says earlier that she had decided to do. She came off sounding like an idiot to me who just happened to have the law on her side in this instance of meeting up with another idiot.