Re: Right approach to dangerous driver behavior? - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

08-13-2003, 05:31 AM

"Dan Cosley" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].edu> wrote in message
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> I've been having a larger-than-usual number of unpleasant-to-
> potentially-dangerous encounters with motorists recently. This
> involves verbal stuff, which usually I can shrug off. However,
> it also sometimes involves being cut off or squeezed off the
> road, and this I find harder to just let go. I'm trying to
> train myself to get license/vehicle numbers rather than just
> be scared, but:
>
> 1) Is it worth getting license numbers of cars? Trucks?
> 2) What else (if anything) do you do about bad driver behavior?

My state (MA) has an on-line complaint form that you can fill out. Supposedly,
all complaints stay on someone's record. You might see what your state offers.