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From: jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle,net.politics
Subject: Re: Bicycles, Violence and Hatred
Message-ID: <792@mako.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 29-May-85 13:15:16 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 29 13:15:16 1985
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Reply-To: jans@mako.UUCP (Jan Steinman)
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Summary: 

In article <132@iitcs.UUCP> draughn@iitcs.UUCP (Mark Draughn) writes:
>...  When I'm coming up behind a cyclist, I honk my horn to let him know I'm
>going to pass.  Usually he will move to the right, or wave, or something, and
>then I pass.  That's communication.  Occasionally, however, he flips me the
>finger.  That's not communication...

A couple of short taps from at least 100 feet is one sort of communication.
("Beep, beep!")  I communicate back in the same friendly, polite manner.  When
a car waits until they are right next to me to lay on the horn,
("FIIIIIAAAAAAAMMMMMM!") they get the finger, which is still communicating
back in the same manner.
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