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04-20-2004, 05:21 PM

Please report it, I don't want to read about you as another fatality.

"Dukester" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:smghc.38614$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]. ..
> I've been commuting to work now for a month or so from where I live now.
> Where I used to live in town I commuted everyday for years but it was only
a
> couple of miles. Now it's about 10.
>
> I work 6-3pm, so I hit the school bus traffic in the afternoons. My route
> home takes me on a rural state road with little to no shoulder. Not heavy
> traffic, except for the kids and buses. There is one particular bus now
> that I encounter regularly in the afternoons and makes me uncomfortable
when
> I see him in the mirror. My first encounter was when he passed me closely
> on a solid yellow line going up a blind hill. Today he passed me on a
> narrow, albeit short, bridge, again the yellow line, and oncoming traffic
> that went into the shoulder for him! I had taken the lane in both cases.
> One day last week he followed me closely, gunning the engine over & over,
> although why he didn't pass there I don't know; the road is the same width
> in it's entirety. All times he passes at a high rate of speed and very
> close, never more than an arm's length, if that. Maybe it's nothing, but
no
> other traffic has rattled me so.
>
> So should I call & make a complaint and probably be written off as a quack
> biker? The only reason I hesitate is because this is the route I ride
every
> day! I don't want a bus driver in a worse mood breathing down my neck
from
> here on out. Or should I just wait 30 minutes and avoid him altogether?
>
> Side note; this particular road is designated by the state with money
> allocated as a pathways corridor with a bike lane, so it is not an unusal
> place for cyclists.
>
> --
> Cheers!
> Duke
>
>

04-20-2004, 06:08 PM

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:17:57 -0500, Dukester wrote:

> So should I call & make a complaint and probably be written off as a quack
> biker?

Definitely. I had such a problem, and just called the bus company. They
know who is on what route, you don't have to provide numbers. From then
on, I have been given ample clearance when the busses pass.

--

David L. Johnson

__o | A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by
_`\(,_ | little statesmen and philosophers and divines. --Ralph Waldo
(_)/ (_) | Emerson

04-20-2004, 06:08 PM

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:17:57 -0500, Dukester wrote:

> So should I call & make a complaint and probably be written off as a quack
> biker?

Definitely. I had such a problem, and just called the bus company. They
know who is on what route, you don't have to provide numbers. From then
on, I have been given ample clearance when the busses pass.

--

David L. Johnson

__o | A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by
_`\(,_ | little statesmen and philosophers and divines. --Ralph Waldo
(_)/ (_) | Emerson

04-20-2004, 06:08 PM

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:17:57 -0500, Dukester wrote:

> So should I call & make a complaint and probably be written off as a quack
> biker?

Definitely. I had such a problem, and just called the bus company. They
know who is on what route, you don't have to provide numbers. From then
on, I have been given ample clearance when the busses pass.

--

David L. Johnson

__o | A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by
_`\(,_ | little statesmen and philosophers and divines. --Ralph Waldo
(_)/ (_) | Emerson

04-20-2004, 06:08 PM

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:17:57 -0500, Dukester wrote:

> So should I call & make a complaint and probably be written off as a quack
> biker?

Definitely. I had such a problem, and just called the bus company. They
know who is on what route, you don't have to provide numbers. From then
on, I have been given ample clearance when the busses pass.

--

David L. Johnson

__o | A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by
_`\(,_ | little statesmen and philosophers and divines. --Ralph Waldo
(_)/ (_) | Emerson

04-20-2004, 06:08 PM

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:17:57 -0500, Dukester wrote:

> So should I call & make a complaint and probably be written off as a quack
> biker?

Definitely. I had such a problem, and just called the bus company. They
know who is on what route, you don't have to provide numbers. From then
on, I have been given ample clearance when the busses pass.

--

David L. Johnson

__o | A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by
_`\(,_ | little statesmen and philosophers and divines. --Ralph Waldo
(_)/ (_) | Emerson

04-20-2004, 08:02 PM

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 23:35:47 GMT, "mark" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

>
>Waiting 30 minutes and avoiding this driver would save you a fair bit of
>grief, but it would also leave this clown free to harass and possibly injure
>or kill another cyclist.

And set a hell of an example for the kids in the bus. The normal kids
end up frightened and the future snots of America cheer...

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

04-20-2004, 08:02 PM

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 23:35:47 GMT, "mark" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

>
>Waiting 30 minutes and avoiding this driver would save you a fair bit of
>grief, but it would also leave this clown free to harass and possibly injure
>or kill another cyclist.

And set a hell of an example for the kids in the bus. The normal kids
end up frightened and the future snots of America cheer...

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

04-20-2004, 08:02 PM

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 23:35:47 GMT, "mark" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

>
>Waiting 30 minutes and avoiding this driver would save you a fair bit of
>grief, but it would also leave this clown free to harass and possibly injure
>or kill another cyclist.

And set a hell of an example for the kids in the bus. The normal kids
end up frightened and the future snots of America cheer...

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

04-20-2004, 08:02 PM

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 23:35:47 GMT, "mark" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

>
>Waiting 30 minutes and avoiding this driver would save you a fair bit of
>grief, but it would also leave this clown free to harass and possibly injure
>or kill another cyclist.

And set a hell of an example for the kids in the bus. The normal kids
end up frightened and the future snots of America cheer...

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...