It’s been a while since Pedalled over here for a look see, so it’s good to see you are as interesting as ever. ;-D

Wow! This gal was dangerous.

Motorist Road Rage against cyclists has long been a troubling trend, even here in the States.

Years ago, also at night, a passenger in a passing car, reached out the window, and gave me a shove that, if i had not been going just 5mph, would have knocked me to the ground.

The next day I wrote an essay called Cyclist to car owners… Can’t we all get along, that ended up being published by my local paper, and causing quite a ruckus. ;-D

AAfter that, when I later began my Bike Blog, in Jan. 2003, I posted the piece as one of my 1st entries. ;-D

More recently, here in the states there is a an ongoing effort to get 3 Feet Laws passed in every state in the union, and it’s a story I’ve blogged about (Follow the link in my name).

I even have pictures of me wearing a nifty T-Shirt, and an even niftier Jersey that advise the motorist behind me to give me 3 FEET PLEASE. ;-D

That said, it’s telling that every cyclist has a story about a close call with a motoring nutjob. And sadly I know what Tri Boy is saying about kids being treated just as badly—I have a story like that too.

My favorite is when they speed past you on the wrong side of the road, over double white lines and then almost loose it around the sharp bend or hit the curb.

Report it Hamish.

Still – luckily most drivers are very polite. Lets not make it us and them.

You could make this sort of thing up but there’s no need to because it really happens—not all the time but far too often. For instance, it’s bad to hear that Surly Dave was rocked by something similar—I don’t know anything about the particulars but I do know that he’s no nervous newbie, so it must have been something nasty. (And presumably it led to the development of this aptly-named route on Bikely.)

Please, Hamish, for the sake of everyone, report this woman before she kills someone.