This is a pet peeve and concern of mine. First, the woman is an idiot, as usual thinking that bikes don't belong, really, on the roadways. Second, if you pull to the far right, you risk a fool making a right hook just as you are moving off -- the one time I have been hit by a car it was in such a situation. When people honk at me in such circumstances, I point to the red light.
BUT!!! There is a way!! I, myself, pull out to the left side of the lane at a red or sigh. This has two benefits: first, I prevent fools from making tight right hooks around me. Second, it allows cars to make rights without me getting in the way. In fact, I usually motion right-turning cars to "go ahead." The downside, and this seems rare, is for some fool to try to pass you going straight while he is on your left. The other solution is to say, "Pog Ma thoin" pron "poog MAhoon" and meaning "Kiss my ass." http://www.irish-sayings.com/cats/irishwords/ I myself fancy the Ulster dialect. On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Liesl <li...@smm.org> wrote: > Hi Riv Chicas y Chicos, Here's one to throw in the hopper! Yesterday > on my commute home, I was stopped close to the right curb at a light > for a busy cross-street (Hiawatha Ave at 35th st in Minneapolis for > you twin cities folk). I heard a horn behind me; not a blaring one, > just a can-I-get-your-attention one. I turned around to look, and a > bit behind me was a man on a bike who was square in the middle of the > right lane. Behind him was a woman in the car from whence the beep > came. She asked in a very reasonable tone if he could move over so > she could make a right turn. He replied no; the light was about to > change. Then there ensued a brief but escalating argument while the > light didn't turn green with the biker vocally refusing to move over > and the frustrated woman asking why he wouldn't just move over. I > refrained from turning around and watching the whole thing much less > getting involved. The light finally turned green. I, out in front, > sprinted across Hiawatha with the argument still going. The last I > heard was the man shouting over his shoulder in a sarcastic tone: "I'm > sorry I made you wait 40 seconds." > > Curious to know what y'all think...would you have moved over? stood > your ground? In similar instances that I've been in, I know that I've > moved over and didn't think much about it. > > The trees are leafing out here a full month early. > > Liesl > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
