What are your favourite non-confrontational ways to respond?
Source https://www.systemcomic.com/2011/02/28/the-system-472-road-sage/
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One time I was biking on a residential road and slowed down to enter a roundabout, and the driver behind me laid on the horn, so I stopped my bike in the middle of the lane and turned my head to face him.
He opened his door, so I stood up and laid my bike down.
He stayed behind his open car door and said
you’re lucky I don’t have my glock on me
and I responded
You could just hit me with your car
And he just gently got back in his car without saying anything else (and did not, thankfully, decide to hit me with his car)
I sometimes give them a big smile and thumbs up.
This can make them even angrier, but I also commute with a 360 camera on my helmet.
I give people a thumbs down. I feel it’s a much more scathing review than a middle finger.
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Interesting!
Please add link to source, they deserve it: https://www.systemcomic.com/2011/02/28/the-system-472-road-sage/
Thanks, that original is much easier to read.
Wave and smile, if they can hear you “plz don’t kill anyone”
I’m not sure anyone has ever yelled at me for a car. I’ve had my bad experiences but I can’t remember yelling.
Option 1: totally ignore them. Don’t let them affect you and you can achieve inner peace.
Option 2: crush the white ceramic on a spark plug and carry a couple of the shards with you. When you throw this at their windshield it will instantly shatter.
Pocket porcelain
I’ve never seen someone shatter a windshield with a chuck of ceramic, only the other windows, which have less reinforcement.
The other weapon of choice I’ve seen used is the u-lock.
Tangentially related: https://lemmy.ml/post/21209537
I wish them a ‘Merry Christmas’ (except at Christmas time) and enjoy their confusion ;-)
