The driver was asking nicely? I'd move over if I reasonably could. If he was obnoxious about it I wouldn't hear him. My ears are funny that way.
Jay On Mar 21, 8:23 pm, Peter Morgano <uscpeter11...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hmm, I often encount situations like this riding in NYC. The difference is > that though I know what the laws are and the drivers dont I am still a dude > on a 30lb bike and they are driving a 2 ton missle that can crush me like a > bug. I will usually err on the side of "courteousness" even though I will > grumble under my breath about how I had the right of way or when some idiot > honks at me for just having the audacity to rid on thier roads but again, > they can kill us and we cant do much to them. I find this is especially > true in NYC where the Village Voice has finally torn the lid off of a > systematic plan by the NYPD to blame all bike related injuries and > fatalities on bike riders and hardly ever if at all on the drivers of cars > since the NYPD is not in favor of increased ridership advocated by the > transportation commissioner Sadik-Khan. So I would say, there is a time to > stand your ground and a time to realize you are at the position of > vulnerability and to just complain when you get home or on this list even. > I know there are people who will see this as being too capitulating but as > a grown man with kids at home I have to prioritize safety over pride. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 2:13 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. -- 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.
