02-16-2021, 12:41 AM
mattkime wrote:
Probably slapping cars that got too close while cycling in nyc. Or maybe flipping off drivers. Or maybe just cycling in traffic in nyc.
Oh, wow. Shortly after I returned from living in France, I was out running and almost got hit by a car. They were making a right on red and looking left, while I approached from the right. When they saw an opening, they just went without clearing the baffles to their right.
I open hand slapped the back window as I flexed backward to avoid them. I saw this happen all the time in Paris. And on the highway, if you didn't keep to the left in the far-left lane when traffic was slow, motorcyclists would slap your roof.
As I ran along, I thought, "That wasn't such a good idea here. They might come back shooting."
They didn't. Or they couldn't find me.