Nights and mornings are getting darker her in the northern hemi and weathers getting bad which makes it more frequent things will happen.
I totally let myself down this morning. Tesla pulled out on my after doing a u-turn in and out of a cul-de-sac and not giving way as I passed. Dudes windows were still misted up, he knew what he did because I got the usual hazard light thank-you, but I couldn’t help shout out “check next time mate”. This guy decided it would be a good idea to change direction and speed past a school to have a chat. No raised voices or any real aggro he asked if he impeded my travel I said I hit the brakes and if I had to do that then yeah mate you messed up. Informed him that we were now holding up traffic, to which they sped off.
It’s prob my worst habit on a bike, I think it stems from my time on motorbikes. It’s just never worth my time
I do it too. It’s hard not to, even though I promise myself to keep my mouth shut and give people the benefit of the doubt. But considering a 3-ton box of metal and glass came close to hitting you, the adrenaline hits and you shout.
I try to reserve my anger for the most egregiously distracted drivers. Like the woman who casually drifted into the bike lane a few yards ahead of me last week and proceeded to park in it, without one iota of a thought for who might be in the bike lane behind her. I was more stunned than angry, but I did stop and ask her WTF she was doing.
Over time I’ve learned to let things go, like pedestrians not paying attention, or bus drivers that ignore bikes. I still enjoy yelling at delivery trucks though, that’s a good pastime for me. I think they enjoy it too.