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Please don't help so much
Wes Groleau wrote:
On 07-02-2012 11:43, Frank Krygowski wrote: I've heard people say that local truckers and long haul truckers are very different in their behavior. I think that may be true. I've never ever been hassled by anyone driving a semi-trailer rig, but I have occasionally gotten grief from large dump trucks. The only person that ever honked at me was the semi-driver I recently mentioned. I have been yelled at two or three times by ignorant people in passenger cars. But for the most part, motorists are reasonable. The most common expression of displeasure seems to be flooring it when they finally get the chance to pass. I just shake my head in amazement. After all, it doesn't punish me one iota, but they have to pay for the gas they wasted. :-) The most memorable case was when I was riding on a narrow (probably 9' lanes) two lane frequently used as a cut-through by truckers wanting to avoid main roads. Despite keeping up with other traffic in front of me due to traffic lights, the dump truck driver behind me blared his horn several times. So I shrugged my shoulders and shook my head, and kept my lane position. Eventually he passed and went on his miserable way. I would have pulled out my cell phone and photographed him. Let him lose sleep wondering what I intend to do with the picture. :-) Before cell phone cameras, there were two times I recall when I, or my wife on the back of our tandem, turned around and very obviously read out loud, repeatedly, the license plate number of a car that was aggressively tailgating our bike. Both times the drivers backed off. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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