This evening while cycling home, I was shouted at by a driver as the overtook. Amazingly it was actually audible, as the Doppler effect and engine noise. The shout was..<\/p>\n
“Cycle lane”<\/p>\n
Which I think was a reference to the fact that I was cycling in the road, rather than one of the new and mostly decent cycle superhighways.<\/p>\n
I smiled, and shouted back<\/p>\n
“Road”<\/p>\n
While pointing out the very nice road that I was riding along.<\/p>\n
I think that this little exchange my have upset the driver, and not exactly helped with car v cyclist relations, but if your shouting things from cars I don’t think your ready for calm discussion about the highway code. So no big loss really.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This evening while cycling home, I was shouted at by a driver as the overtook. Amazingly it was actually audible, as the Doppler effect and engine noise. The shout was.. “Cycle lane” Which I think was a reference to the fact that I was cycling in the road, rather than one of the new and … Continue reading [Commute] Stuff shouted from cars<\/span>