What are your favourite non-confrontational ways to respond?
Source https://www.systemcomic.com/2011/02/28/the-system-472-road-sage/
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One time I was biking on a residential road and slowed down to enter a roundabout, and the driver behind me laid on the horn, so I stopped my bike in the middle of the lane and turned my head to face him.
He opened his door, so I stood up and laid my bike down.
He stayed behind his open car door and said
you’re lucky I don’t have my glock on me
and I responded
You could just hit me with your car
And he just gently got back in his car without saying anything else (and did not, thankfully, decide to hit me with his car)
I sometimes give them a big smile and thumbs up.
This can make them even angrier, but I also commute with a 360 camera on my helmet.
My go-to is to look confused because that’s genuinely the reason most of the time, ex:
I was riding home in the bike lane minding my own business, when a black Toyota Highlander (big SUV) pulls up alongside me, windows rolled down, and a bunch of teenagers from the back yell: “Dickhead” at me.
I looked back at them genuinely confused because they went out of their way to not only insult some random person but also to do so with their windows rolled all the way down.
They giggled and sped off on their merry way, and my thought is, they’re probably stoned or driving under the influence.
The suggestions about non-confrontation are fantastic, but what you’re supposed to actually do is memorize faces, vehicle details, license plates, and cross streets
Their probations officer would probably not be too pleased to hear about a repeat DUI, but there’s no way of knowing what happens to people in such circumstances 🤷♂️
Yeah, some people are just weird - especially in groups
I was hiking/tramping from France through Belgium to the Netherlands, and was just walking with my backpack along a country road, when suddenly I hear someone shouting something and next thing I know, they throw an empty beer can at me, while driving by
Don’t understand how you can get so loaded and angry about what other people do, without being actually hindered.
I had a similar experience but in Canada. Was just out watching the night winter sky with some friends, not too far away from a rather secluded road. Some guy, maybe with friends, in a vehicle, decided to rev up their engine and zipped on the road back and forth once and threw a glass bottle towards us towards the ground. Thankfully, no one got hurt, but man, people can be real crazy.
Interesting!
Please add link to source, they deserve it: https://www.systemcomic.com/2011/02/28/the-system-472-road-sage/
Blow them a kiss. 💋
