That's right:
"Fuck you!"
You have a nice day too, Sir
As the guy swung his door wide into the bike lane and I swerved around it and yelled "HEY!", can you guess what the guy's retort was?
Tags: bike, firstperson, sf
11 Responses:
That's clearly SMIDGAF (as opposed to SMIDSY)
In my part of the world cars typically slide over so they don't squash the guy getting out. Probably as a reaction to cars always loosing the car/ped collision public opinion poll and peds taking their time because they don't want to die. Why should this play out differently for bikes?
Maybe because the guy getting out won't die so they don't care so they aren't signalling like they might for a car?
FWIW, I'm also a commuting bike rider. I play by traffic rules because doing otherwise is jackassery.
Time to escalate to a handlebar mounted RPG launcher.
"Self defense, your honor..."
Handlebar mounted Cro-bar.
So instead of having an idiot to dodge, you have a smoking crater and flying shrapnel to dodge. Wish fulfillment is a harsh mistress.
Yeah, but the crater you'll only have to dodge once. You might have to deal with the idiot again someday.
Carry a squirt gun.
Spit.
Filled with brake fluid, been there.. done that (:
I've slashed tires for less than that. Usually asshole parkers.
Ive been doored a couple of times when i was a bike messenger (unavoidable circumstances), one of the times the lady was emptying out her ashtray :| ... ..