Yes, I find that close encounters with aliens, aka motorists, leave me feeling blue and anxious and sad. But I consider that you have (or, at least, I have) similar close encounters when I drive, so that tends to put things back into perspective, along with the statistics that cycling is really not that dangerous.
It comes down to the inevitable, though not necessary (in the ontological sense), existence of error, evil, conflict, part of life. But -- this is important! -- I don't believe it is always worse for cycling than for life generally. Patrick Moore, sad and depressed because he just discovered that James Gang, who sounded so hip sophisticated in HS, turned out to be pretty bad musically. On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:50 AM, Joe Bartoe <jbar...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > This morning, my commute to work was a bit scary. As I headed down the PCH > from the Leucadia area, I was passed a bit too close by a white Toyota > pickup with a pipe tied to its passenger side (along the top of the bed and > over the side mirror) like a lance protruding from the front. This was close > to the Panickin Coffee place for those who are locals. Then, as I was riding > through Encinitas, some guy in a white Lexus SC430 (CA plates containing > "FORE") decides to buzz me. Then, before I knew it the same white pickup > truck with the pipe came along and buzzed me again. Now, I was yelling and > gesturing at this guy when he decided to slam on his brakes. I was mad > enough to take this guy on, but mostly I just wanted to report him so I > whipped out my phone. He must have seen this and he took off. The rest of my > commute all I could think about was finding one of these two vehicles parked > along my route so I could report them. Unfortunately, I was unable to see > the plate of the truck > and I only got the "FORE" on the Lexus. I hate it when my commute is > ruined by people whose idea of fun is crap like this. > > Anyway, stay safe out there. And remember, sometimes your best defense may > be your phone (and maybe a frame pump...could you imagine trying to beat > someone with a CO2 cannister?) > > Joe > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your > inbox. > > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1 > _______________________________________________ > Internet-bob mailing list > internet-...@bikelist.org > search and browse the archives: http://search.bikelist.org > unsubscribe: > http://www.bikelist.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-bob > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com (505) 227-0523 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
