• Transporter Room 3
    8·
    6 months ago

    I’d say about 80% of the people who drive past me do so carefully, 19% not carefully, 0.9% intentionally trying to scare me.

    Then there’s that 0.01% that has thrown things at me, swerved into my line, brake checked, or driven in some way as to intentionally cause harm or inconvenience me.

    So far in 10 years I’ve only been forced off the road intentionally a handful times.

    Luckily most of my rides I can intentionally take low traffic streets. It increases commute time, but I like biking so I don’t mind. I also don’t have to bike, so if I’m having a bad day I can drive. Not quite the same as the guy cycling to work in the rain.

    • theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      2·
      6 months ago

      That guy would be me, I have no other way to get to work so rain, shine or blizzard I am out there. I also love cycling so for the most part I don’t mind too much. The worst is wind in your face forcing you backwards for sure.

      Thankfully I have only been physically knocked off the bike once in about the same time span and that was someone opening their door onto me and me hitting the edge of it, crushing my fingers and breaking them and spinning me around and off the bike into the incoming traffic. Thankfully there was nothing coming that way!

      You just have to stay ever vigiliant!

      • Bene7rddso@feddit.de
        2·
        6 months ago

        Also me. I really don’t want to deal with the traffic jams that occur when all the cyclists use the car