Wow...and in the same week of a murder-by-car of a young woman ("one of us") on
Hwy M by drifting into her lane.
This is very unfortunate, and I feel like the problem is only getting worse
with the recent political divides, and local anger (I dunno...are most cyclists
progressive?). Good for you for standing your ground and sticking up for the
rights of cyclists. Gorham/Johnson can me a nightmare some days...and I think
some drivers' egos are threatened by our ease of travel and speed getting
through town.
Not sure what the answer is, but we all need to drive defensively, and also
keep following the rules to maintain the respect we deserve.
kris
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From: Michael Chronister <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2012 12:07 PM
Subject: [Bikies] Incident on Gorham/University this morning
I was cruising down the bike lane on Gorham this am as I do every day on my way
to work. Just after I crossed State St a large pickup truck passes me and is
encroaching on the bike lane. This is a regular occurrence and gets worse when
Gorham turns right and becomes University. At this spot it is highly unlikely
that the vehicle will not cross over the line into the bike lane. So at this
spot the large truck is beside me and goes a full foot into the bike lane. I
held my ground and gave the vehicle a couple warning knocks on the side of the
truck, just 3 or 4 slaps with my hand to let them know I was there and it was a
bike lane and that they were encroaching. So two blocks later I am stopped at
University and Park and said pickup truck pulls along side me and asks if I hit
his truck. I told him I did because he was in the bike lane and I was letting
him know that I was there and not to drive in the bike lane. Without going
into to much
detail the driver did not like this and threatened violence even saying he
would get out of his truck and beat me up. I kept saying that he was in the
bike lane and that all I was doing is letting him know that he was taking my
lane. He also said something about how much his truck cost and that if I hit
it again he would charge me or something and I responded that my life is worth
more and told him that his truck could kill me and this is why I let him know
he was in the bike lane. So I guess my question is how can we ever educate
people like this? Obviously he does not care and even said I should have
avoided him. Next time I am driving in a car I should just swerve over into
the other lane and blame the car occupying it that they should have moved to
avoid colliding.
-Michael
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