Tell him you have it all on video, and ask him if his truck is worth
more than his freedom from criminal prosecution.
On 2012/10/12 12:07, 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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Paul T. O'Leary
Chronic Nuisance
Madison, WI USA
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