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From: todd@SCIRTP.UUCP (Todd Jones)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Bicycle death & Macho Passing Vehicles
Message-ID: <298@SCIRTP.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 18:10:30 EDT
Article-I.D.: SCIRTP.298
Posted: Thu Aug  8 18:10:30 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 07:05:16 EDT
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Organization: SCI Systems, Research Triangle Park, NC
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Am I the only bicycle commuter who faces this scenario with regularity?


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this guy is           
passing the other guy)->     OOOO->        <-me on bike
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	the other guy->      OOOO->
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I'm riding on a two-lane road. I look ahead of me and
whaddya know, I've got two cars coming at me, taking up
both lanes. I eat it into the shoulder and tactfully
present a gesture to the driver informing him/her of
the error.

It happens with enough regularity that it is no longer
life-threatening, but a bummer nonetheless.

I recently took a guy to court who didn't appreciate
my gesture and came back for a second try. He is now
in pretty serious hot water.

My questions are: How do us poor bicyclists
deal with this abuse? How can car drivers be educated
about the perils of passing in a lane with a cyclist
in it?

It's too hard surviving the shoulder to worry about
getting license plate numbers. WHAT TO DO?

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