Any time someone threatens you with violence like getting
beat up get a license number or other ID and call 911. That's what
the men and women in blue are for and their contact with the offender
will at the minimum serve as a lesson, but might even uncover a
history of that type of behavior.
Bill
At 12:07 PM 10/12/2012, Michael Chronister wrote:
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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