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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, 07:41 PM

On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 23:25:51 GMT, "Claire Petersky"
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>I was coming down Dearborn at about 20 mph in to work this morning, 8:45 AM,
>full morning daylight, and was right hooked by someone turning in to
>Chinatown. He didn't use a turn signal. I could see him angling in to make
>the turn, so I was braking hard.
>
>I nearly managed to miss him. I hit the back of the guy's car at a pretty
>low speed considering, then hit the ground. Me, I'm fine, just a scrape on
>the elbow. Bike appears fine. Water bottle is totaled, though -- rolled out
>into the street and got run over by a truck.
>
>The driver didn't bother to stop to find out what might have gone thump on
>the back of his car. Instead, he high-tailed it out of there. I filed a
>hit-and-run police report this morning: license number 275 LUM. Police
>seemed to take it pretty seriously.

More than anything, I'm glad you're still well enough to post tonight.
Hope they catch the jerk!

Pat

Email address works as is.

06-01-2004, 07:41 PM

On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 23:25:51 GMT, "Claire Petersky"
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>I was coming down Dearborn at about 20 mph in to work this morning, 8:45 AM,
>full morning daylight, and was right hooked by someone turning in to
>Chinatown. He didn't use a turn signal. I could see him angling in to make
>the turn, so I was braking hard.
>
>I nearly managed to miss him. I hit the back of the guy's car at a pretty
>low speed considering, then hit the ground. Me, I'm fine, just a scrape on
>the elbow. Bike appears fine. Water bottle is totaled, though -- rolled out
>into the street and got run over by a truck.
>
>The driver didn't bother to stop to find out what might have gone thump on
>the back of his car. Instead, he high-tailed it out of there. I filed a
>hit-and-run police report this morning: license number 275 LUM. Police
>seemed to take it pretty seriously.

More than anything, I'm glad you're still well enough to post tonight.
Hope they catch the jerk!

Pat

Email address works as is.

06-01-2004, 07:41 PM

On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 23:25:51 GMT, "Claire Petersky"
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>I was coming down Dearborn at about 20 mph in to work this morning, 8:45 AM,
>full morning daylight, and was right hooked by someone turning in to
>Chinatown. He didn't use a turn signal. I could see him angling in to make
>the turn, so I was braking hard.
>
>I nearly managed to miss him. I hit the back of the guy's car at a pretty
>low speed considering, then hit the ground. Me, I'm fine, just a scrape on
>the elbow. Bike appears fine. Water bottle is totaled, though -- rolled out
>into the street and got run over by a truck.
>
>The driver didn't bother to stop to find out what might have gone thump on
>the back of his car. Instead, he high-tailed it out of there. I filed a
>hit-and-run police report this morning: license number 275 LUM. Police
>seemed to take it pretty seriously.

More than anything, I'm glad you're still well enough to post tonight.
Hope they catch the jerk!

Pat

Email address works as is.

06-01-2004, 07:41 PM

On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 23:25:51 GMT, "Claire Petersky"
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>I was coming down Dearborn at about 20 mph in to work this morning, 8:45 AM,
>full morning daylight, and was right hooked by someone turning in to
>Chinatown. He didn't use a turn signal. I could see him angling in to make
>the turn, so I was braking hard.
>
>I nearly managed to miss him. I hit the back of the guy's car at a pretty
>low speed considering, then hit the ground. Me, I'm fine, just a scrape on
>the elbow. Bike appears fine. Water bottle is totaled, though -- rolled out
>into the street and got run over by a truck.
>
>The driver didn't bother to stop to find out what might have gone thump on
>the back of his car. Instead, he high-tailed it out of there. I filed a
>hit-and-run police report this morning: license number 275 LUM. Police
>seemed to take it pretty seriously.

More than anything, I'm glad you're still well enough to post tonight.
Hope they catch the jerk!

Pat

Email address works as is.

06-01-2004, 07:41 PM

On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 23:25:51 GMT, "Claire Petersky"
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

>I was coming down Dearborn at about 20 mph in to work this morning, 8:45 AM,
>full morning daylight, and was right hooked by someone turning in to
>Chinatown. He didn't use a turn signal. I could see him angling in to make
>the turn, so I was braking hard.
>
>I nearly managed to miss him. I hit the back of the guy's car at a pretty
>low speed considering, then hit the ground. Me, I'm fine, just a scrape on
>the elbow. Bike appears fine. Water bottle is totaled, though -- rolled out
>into the street and got run over by a truck.
>
>The driver didn't bother to stop to find out what might have gone thump on
>the back of his car. Instead, he high-tailed it out of there. I filed a
>hit-and-run police report this morning: license number 275 LUM. Police
>seemed to take it pretty seriously.

More than anything, I'm glad you're still well enough to post tonight.
Hope they catch the jerk!

Pat

Email address works as is.

06-01-2004, 07:48 PM

Joel Solomon wrote in part:

<< 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. ...
>>

May I ask: where did the incident with the cow occur?

Robert

06-01-2004, 07:48 PM

Joel Solomon wrote in part:

<< 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. ...
>>

May I ask: where did the incident with the cow occur?

Robert

06-01-2004, 07:48 PM

Joel Solomon wrote in part:

<< 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. ...
>>

May I ask: where did the incident with the cow occur?

Robert

06-01-2004, 07:48 PM

Joel Solomon wrote in part:

<< 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. ...
>>

May I ask: where did the incident with the cow occur?

Robert