Nuxx:18b88ccd-67ed-4176-a8a1-fe17e89a26b4@s36g2000vbp.googlegroups.com

Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!s36g2000vbp.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Message-ID: <18b88ccd-67ed-4176-a8a1-fe17e89a26b4@s36g2000vbp.googlegroups.com> From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Advice on how to handle a situation Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:24:22 -0800 (PST) References: <3jmtn4d39l5ns3aqd77261jesrsd7pbfl6@4ax.com>   Lines: 27 Organization: http://groups.google.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 86.151.152.80 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1233116662 5664 127.0.0.1 (28 Jan 2009 04:24:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:24:22 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: s36g2000vbp.googlegroups.com; posting-host=86.151.152.80; posting-account=7_6kYAkAAABD6HrjM0VxehwvZOKMxm4g User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5,gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) Bytes: 2571 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:684141

On Jan 27, 7:25=A0pm, Mike the unimaginative  wrote: > goo...@hayward.uk.net wrote in news:b1a584a9-84a8-4c99-9d41-a73f2075d3f6 > @o40g2000prn.googlegroups.com: > > > On 27 Jan, 10:07, Mark wrote: > >> The road is a two way road, but not usually particularly wide. =A0Ther= e > >> are a row of parked cars (or other obstruction) on the other side of > >> the road. =A0 I am already abreast of the parked cars when a car/bus > >> coming the other way overtakes the line of parked cars, driving > >> straight at me on my side of the road, leaving less than 3 feet of > >> road for me and sometimes much less. > > > Maintain position as long as you dare, then come to a wobbly stop, > > assume a terrified expression, leap off your bike and dive for the > > pavement. =A0Sob uncontrollably as you slowly retrieve your bike "I > > thought I was going to die, you were heading straight for me, I had > > nowhere to go etc. etc." > > While this sounds crazy (and may have been meant tongue in cheek) it has > been said that an expression of fear is more potent to a crazy driver tha= n > holding the moral high ground or confrontation.

Ah yes, but it doesn't sufficiently show them what scum you think they are just for driving at all.