A few days ago I rode into Exeter city centre, later on my way out of the city in very heavy traffic the driver of a big black 4x4 did something causing me to shake my head. Further down the road I was stopped at a traffic light turning right when this same 4x4 came down my inside and stopped.
The driver had his window down and shouted aggressively "Why were you shaking your head at me?" I would have liked to tell him but I couldn't remember. He shouted the same again but I couldn't remember so I told him, I shouted back "I can't remember, it's gone and I'm getting on with my ride, still, If you don't know already there is no point in me trying to educate you, your just a bad driver". The lights changed and I rode away.
It was only when I got home and thought about it that I remembered him on my inside but slightly behind as two lanes filtered into one. I stayed on the outside because once the traffic has zipped together I can then filter down the outside and pass about ten cars. 4X4 driver drove along side and tried to push me out so as I had to drop back and go behind him but all I had to do to rectify his stupidity was to filter (just before I would normally) down the outside then pass the cars ahead.
The point is, if I had been in my car my blood may have boiled a little and I may have got as angry as him but I wasn't, I just filtered through the traffic and was away from him. At the lights I turned right and after the very short confrontation I was soon rounding the big roundabout three times having fun, the memory of what had happened had completely gone. I had to sit down later with a cup of tea and think hard to remember.
This is one of the big positives of riding my bike, I don't usually have to worry about stupid, bad drivers for longer than it takes to ride around them, then they are history and forgotten already, my smile has come back and I'm happy again.
Don't I go on and on
