tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154504376889087337.post6805330978630698127..comments2023-04-05T09:39:31.751+01:00Comments on Middle Age Cyclist: Near Death ExperiencesMiddleAgeCyclisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03873996681529127207noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7154504376889087337.post-73343659615126984332009-11-12T15:09:13.240+00:002009-11-12T15:09:13.240+00:00I have to confess, perhaps to my shame, that when ...I have to confess, perhaps to my shame, that when someone does do something rash, I don't challenge them anymore. The truth is, I've given up on this kind of drivers. My rationale is that, if they are prepared to do something like that, they are either stupid, or 'angry' (what society used to call 'evil' until it decided to turn all blame on itself) or both, so there is seldom any point in arguing with them.<br /><br />I take a lot of care to avoid them, and after 4 years I sort of 'know', in the back of my mind, which are the trouble spots on my route. <br /><br />Only last week I had a (fortunately very rare) case of a driver intentionally beeping his horn twice before overtaking me very, very close - luckily on a straight section of road. Was it done for fun or out of spite? Don't know. There are people like that, and their behaviour comes out in everything they do, not just driving. Conversely, there are good people out there, and a whole lot in between.<br /><br />In a CTC mag last year there was an article about a bloke who fitted one such helmet camera, precisely to document near misses. Doesn't sound a bad idea - I find it hard to memorise more than the last three letters of a license plate, at best. <br /><br />Take carecocosolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17040377173478647027noreply@blogger.com