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From: anand@utastro.UUCP (Anand Sivaramakrishnan)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Bicycles, Women, Violence, Hatred
Message-ID: <400@utastro.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 11:17:51 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 22 11:17:51 1985
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I wholeheartedly agree with a posting cautioning against 
irritating motorists when you are riding a bike. 

Some drivers can turn very nasty at the drop of a hat.

I've been informed by a passing driver that he'd run me
over if I ever blocked a lane temporarily while getting over
to the left to make a left turn at a 4-way stop... I held him
up for all of 10 seconds on a small road near my campus
area! I was riding my bike during this social interaction.

Once a driver nearly ran over me when I was on foot,
I looked at him funnily (not angrily or rudely), and 
he got mad, tried to turn around (high acceleration
and screaming tyres). I ducked into a building,
but if I'd been on a bike I might have ended up
in hospital.

I'd like to see more postings by Ms. Eades, hence
this unasked-for advice.