Hit and Run - Page 4 - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

06-01-2004, 06:19 PM

Chris wrote:
> > This sure does sound like a lot of people getting whacked by cars.
Let's
> > here the others. Bring your tales.

Frank Krygowski wrote
> Let's also hear the "NOT getting whacked by cars" tales. There are two
> sides to the story, no?
>
> Do I need to go first? ;-)
>

No, let me go first. I have put between 2 and 5 thousand miles a year on the
road bike for the last 20 years or so, which is a lot of hours, and have not
come close to being hit by a car. I wish I could say the same for my time in
the car and on the motorcycle. Got busted up with both of them. The clear
conclusion is that bicycling is safer than any other mode of transportation.

06-01-2004, 07:17 PM

Sorry to hear about your accident. I have had 2 near misses in the past 3
weeks. Both were in broad daylight where I was riding in an obvious,
predictable way. In one instance, I was signaling that I was taking the left
fork in the road. Without warning, some jamoke accelerated around me to the
left and made a sharp right turn in front of me. I jammed on my brakes and was
balancing on my front wheel on about a 30 degree angle with my back wheel off
the ground. Somehow I held it together. I still don't know how I didn't get
killed.

My favorite recent experience was last Tuesday afternoon. I was riding along a
2 block stretch of busy road that I needed to transit to connect a couple of
less traveled roads. A woman in a Mercedes slowed down, rolled down her window
and shouted "Get a car!" She turned onto the road that I was turning on to.
As fate would have it, she got stuck at a red light at the next corner. I rode
up along side of her and replied "Get a life, Cow!" This woman spent the next
half mile driving alongside of me, honking her horn and screaming about "How
dare you speak that way to me with a child in the car." I thought that her kid
didn't need anyone else to learn bad behavior from.

Ride through it, Claire. Be careful, but ride through it.

Best,

Joel Solomon

06-01-2004, 07:17 PM

Sorry to hear about your accident. I have had 2 near misses in the past 3
weeks. Both were in broad daylight where I was riding in an obvious,
predictable way. In one instance, I was signaling that I was taking the left
fork in the road. Without warning, some jamoke accelerated around me to the
left and made a sharp right turn in front of me. I jammed on my brakes and was
balancing on my front wheel on about a 30 degree angle with my back wheel off
the ground. Somehow I held it together. I still don't know how I didn't get
killed.

My favorite recent experience was last Tuesday afternoon. I was riding along a
2 block stretch of busy road that I needed to transit to connect a couple of
less traveled roads. A woman in a Mercedes slowed down, rolled down her window
and shouted "Get a car!" She turned onto the road that I was turning on to.
As fate would have it, she got stuck at a red light at the next corner. I rode
up along side of her and replied "Get a life, Cow!" This woman spent the next
half mile driving alongside of me, honking her horn and screaming about "How
dare you speak that way to me with a child in the car." I thought that her kid
didn't need anyone else to learn bad behavior from.

Ride through it, Claire. Be careful, but ride through it.

Best,

Joel Solomon

06-01-2004, 07:17 PM

Sorry to hear about your accident. I have had 2 near misses in the past 3
weeks. Both were in broad daylight where I was riding in an obvious,
predictable way. In one instance, I was signaling that I was taking the left
fork in the road. Without warning, some jamoke accelerated around me to the
left and made a sharp right turn in front of me. I jammed on my brakes and was
balancing on my front wheel on about a 30 degree angle with my back wheel off
the ground. Somehow I held it together. I still don't know how I didn't get
killed.

My favorite recent experience was last Tuesday afternoon. I was riding along a
2 block stretch of busy road that I needed to transit to connect a couple of
less traveled roads. A woman in a Mercedes slowed down, rolled down her window
and shouted "Get a car!" She turned onto the road that I was turning on to.
As fate would have it, she got stuck at a red light at the next corner. I rode
up along side of her and replied "Get a life, Cow!" This woman spent the next
half mile driving alongside of me, honking her horn and screaming about "How
dare you speak that way to me with a child in the car." I thought that her kid
didn't need anyone else to learn bad behavior from.

Ride through it, Claire. Be careful, but ride through it.

Best,

Joel Solomon

06-01-2004, 07:17 PM

Sorry to hear about your accident. I have had 2 near misses in the past 3
weeks. Both were in broad daylight where I was riding in an obvious,
predictable way. In one instance, I was signaling that I was taking the left
fork in the road. Without warning, some jamoke accelerated around me to the
left and made a sharp right turn in front of me. I jammed on my brakes and was
balancing on my front wheel on about a 30 degree angle with my back wheel off
the ground. Somehow I held it together. I still don't know how I didn't get
killed.

My favorite recent experience was last Tuesday afternoon. I was riding along a
2 block stretch of busy road that I needed to transit to connect a couple of
less traveled roads. A woman in a Mercedes slowed down, rolled down her window
and shouted "Get a car!" She turned onto the road that I was turning on to.
As fate would have it, she got stuck at a red light at the next corner. I rode
up along side of her and replied "Get a life, Cow!" This woman spent the next
half mile driving alongside of me, honking her horn and screaming about "How
dare you speak that way to me with a child in the car." I thought that her kid
didn't need anyone else to learn bad behavior from.

Ride through it, Claire. Be careful, but ride through it.

Best,

Joel Solomon

06-01-2004, 07:17 PM

Sorry to hear about your accident. I have had 2 near misses in the past 3
weeks. Both were in broad daylight where I was riding in an obvious,
predictable way. In one instance, I was signaling that I was taking the left
fork in the road. Without warning, some jamoke accelerated around me to the
left and made a sharp right turn in front of me. I jammed on my brakes and was
balancing on my front wheel on about a 30 degree angle with my back wheel off
the ground. Somehow I held it together. I still don't know how I didn't get
killed.

My favorite recent experience was last Tuesday afternoon. I was riding along a
2 block stretch of busy road that I needed to transit to connect a couple of
less traveled roads. A woman in a Mercedes slowed down, rolled down her window
and shouted "Get a car!" She turned onto the road that I was turning on to.
As fate would have it, she got stuck at a red light at the next corner. I rode
up along side of her and replied "Get a life, Cow!" This woman spent the next
half mile driving alongside of me, honking her horn and screaming about "How
dare you speak that way to me with a child in the car." I thought that her kid
didn't need anyone else to learn bad behavior from.

Ride through it, Claire. Be careful, but ride through it.

Best,

Joel Solomon

06-01-2004, 07:38 PM

Joel Solomon wrote:
> Sorry to hear about your accident. I have had 2 near misses in the past 3
> weeks. Both were in broad daylight where I was riding in an obvious,
> predictable way. In one instance, I was signaling that I was taking the left
> fork in the road. Without warning, some jamoke accelerated around me to the
> left and made a sharp right turn in front of me. I jammed on my brakes and was
> balancing on my front wheel on about a 30 degree angle with my back wheel off
> the ground. Somehow I held it together. I still don't know how I didn't get
> killed.
>
> My favorite recent experience was last Tuesday afternoon. I was riding along a
> 2 block stretch of busy road that I needed to transit to connect a couple of
> less traveled roads. A woman in a Mercedes slowed down, rolled down her window
> and shouted "Get a car!" She turned onto the road that I was turning on to.
> As fate would have it, she got stuck at a red light at the next corner. I rode
> up along side of her and replied "Get a life, Cow!" This woman spent the next
> half mile driving alongside of me, honking her horn and screaming about "How
> dare you speak that way to me with a child in the car." I thought that her kid
> didn't need anyone else to learn bad behavior from.
>
> Ride through it, Claire. Be careful, but ride through it.
>
> Best,
>
> Joel Solomon

See what I mean? Driving is so boring that the cow has to hassle you
for something to keep her mind occupied. Her pathetic life has driven
her to being a butthead.

06-01-2004, 07:38 PM

Joel Solomon wrote:
> Sorry to hear about your accident. I have had 2 near misses in the past 3
> weeks. Both were in broad daylight where I was riding in an obvious,
> predictable way. In one instance, I was signaling that I was taking the left
> fork in the road. Without warning, some jamoke accelerated around me to the
> left and made a sharp right turn in front of me. I jammed on my brakes and was
> balancing on my front wheel on about a 30 degree angle with my back wheel off
> the ground. Somehow I held it together. I still don't know how I didn't get
> killed.
>
> My favorite recent experience was last Tuesday afternoon. I was riding along a
> 2 block stretch of busy road that I needed to transit to connect a couple of
> less traveled roads. A woman in a Mercedes slowed down, rolled down her window
> and shouted "Get a car!" She turned onto the road that I was turning on to.
> As fate would have it, she got stuck at a red light at the next corner. I rode
> up along side of her and replied "Get a life, Cow!" This woman spent the next
> half mile driving alongside of me, honking her horn and screaming about "How
> dare you speak that way to me with a child in the car." I thought that her kid
> didn't need anyone else to learn bad behavior from.
>
> Ride through it, Claire. Be careful, but ride through it.
>
> Best,
>
> Joel Solomon

See what I mean? Driving is so boring that the cow has to hassle you
for something to keep her mind occupied. Her pathetic life has driven
her to being a butthead.

06-01-2004, 07:38 PM

Joel Solomon wrote:
> Sorry to hear about your accident. I have had 2 near misses in the past 3
> weeks. Both were in broad daylight where I was riding in an obvious,
> predictable way. In one instance, I was signaling that I was taking the left
> fork in the road. Without warning, some jamoke accelerated around me to the
> left and made a sharp right turn in front of me. I jammed on my brakes and was
> balancing on my front wheel on about a 30 degree angle with my back wheel off
> the ground. Somehow I held it together. I still don't know how I didn't get
> killed.
>
> My favorite recent experience was last Tuesday afternoon. I was riding along a
> 2 block stretch of busy road that I needed to transit to connect a couple of
> less traveled roads. A woman in a Mercedes slowed down, rolled down her window
> and shouted "Get a car!" She turned onto the road that I was turning on to.
> As fate would have it, she got stuck at a red light at the next corner. I rode
> up along side of her and replied "Get a life, Cow!" This woman spent the next
> half mile driving alongside of me, honking her horn and screaming about "How
> dare you speak that way to me with a child in the car." I thought that her kid
> didn't need anyone else to learn bad behavior from.
>
> Ride through it, Claire. Be careful, but ride through it.
>
> Best,
>
> Joel Solomon

See what I mean? Driving is so boring that the cow has to hassle you
for something to keep her mind occupied. Her pathetic life has driven
her to being a butthead.

06-01-2004, 07:38 PM

Joel Solomon wrote:
> Sorry to hear about your accident. I have had 2 near misses in the past 3
> weeks. Both were in broad daylight where I was riding in an obvious,
> predictable way. In one instance, I was signaling that I was taking the left
> fork in the road. Without warning, some jamoke accelerated around me to the
> left and made a sharp right turn in front of me. I jammed on my brakes and was
> balancing on my front wheel on about a 30 degree angle with my back wheel off
> the ground. Somehow I held it together. I still don't know how I didn't get
> killed.
>
> My favorite recent experience was last Tuesday afternoon. I was riding along a
> 2 block stretch of busy road that I needed to transit to connect a couple of
> less traveled roads. A woman in a Mercedes slowed down, rolled down her window
> and shouted "Get a car!" She turned onto the road that I was turning on to.
> As fate would have it, she got stuck at a red light at the next corner. I rode
> up along side of her and replied "Get a life, Cow!" This woman spent the next
> half mile driving alongside of me, honking her horn and screaming about "How
> dare you speak that way to me with a child in the car." I thought that her kid
> didn't need anyone else to learn bad behavior from.
>
> Ride through it, Claire. Be careful, but ride through it.
>
> Best,
>
> Joel Solomon

See what I mean? Driving is so boring that the cow has to hassle you
for something to keep her mind occupied. Her pathetic life has driven
her to being a butthead.