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Sep 23, 2010 | 02:15 PM

#11

obonaven

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From: Gloucester County, Southern NJ

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Originally Posted by Zig Zag 2010

she didn't flip him off after she almost hit him.lol.

Must be an East Coast thing!! That's a regular occurrence around here.

Sep 23, 2010 | 02:46 PM

#12

Blargh

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From: Northern Virginia

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Originally Posted by Grumps

Ain't that the truth. And in PG County he would have gotten a nasty argument back from some ghetto bitch with a bad attitude problem who probably would have gotten back into the car and knocked the bike over. I have to work in PG but thank god I don't live down there and rarely ride there. Silver Spring in Montgomery County isn't much better and Langley Park? He could have vented all he wanted but if it wasn't in Spanish the lady wouldn't have had a clue.

i avoid riding in maryland, and if I have to I take the west side of the beltway to avoid PG

riding in DC metro rush hour every day of the week...folks don't much care if they are at fault or not - every day, both to and from work, I have multiple near misses - have to admit that I've gotten so aggressive as a result that a few are probably on me, but you just can't be "nice" out there - better to demand your place on the road and defend it to the last breath, or they just run right over you

takes a lot of the fun out of it, but its still better than mass transit (metro sucks)

Sep 23, 2010 | 04:29 PM

#13

RDFXDF

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From: Omaha,NE

If there were no dangers in riding where would be the fun in that?

Seriously though it's just a reminder to never ever trust anyone but yourself out on the road. I drive a car the same way.

Sep 23, 2010 | 04:32 PM

#14

lov_My_Harley

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From: colorado springs, colorado

wow, glad your OK and nothing happened...glad to hear you gave her a good tongue lashing.

Sep 23, 2010 | 04:37 PM

#15

Zig Zag 2010

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Sep 23, 2010 | 04:47 PM

#16

BassCatcher

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From: Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri

Yup, even if you do everything right, **** can happen. Glad things turned out OK for you.

Sep 24, 2010 | 09:07 AM

#17

Blargh

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From: Northern Virginia

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Originally Posted by Zig Zag 2010

Tell it like it is! All true. The only up side is if it don't kill ya it will make you a better rider. A better rider with anger issues lol.

lol, don't necessarily deny that - but I do always put myself in the frame of mind of just having a nice safe ride in/out of the district just before firing up.... then that all goes to hell after the first 3 near misses and/or traffic is jacked on the HOV lanes because of all the non-HOV cars in them

i try to be nice, but I won't be pushed around by the other commuters who are too dumb to ride bikes too!

Sep 24, 2010 | 10:02 AM

#18

Zig Zag 2010

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Sep 25, 2010 | 06:10 AM

#19

Grumps

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From: York County PA / Beltsville MD

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Originally Posted by Zig Zag 2010

I was talking about my anger issues.
I can assure others reading this that Blargh is not exaggerating in the least. The drivers in the DC area are a particularly virulent strain of a$$holes!