tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post5908941392979689315..comments2024-01-05T11:00:30.673-06:00Comments on DFW Point-to-Point: MystifiedSteve Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-79850801992398343562011-07-12T07:41:00.027-05:002011-07-12T07:41:00.027-05:00I think you overestimate the ability of most motor...I think you overestimate the ability of most motorists to interpret - and appropriately react to - hand signals. In situations such as yours, it doesn't happen often, but I have had oncoming traffic stop and try to yield to me as I signal a left turn.MAC is wackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06042534542734073533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-42338519963463724152011-07-12T01:51:38.317-05:002011-07-12T01:51:38.317-05:00I got yelled at by a driver going in the opposite ...I got yelled at by a driver going in the opposite direction to get off the road!<br />Figure that.limomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15392808188162372410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-44733311867435386272011-07-11T23:30:26.356-05:002011-07-11T23:30:26.356-05:00If your are mystified, it sounds like motorists in...If your are mystified, it sounds like motorists in Texas are more polite or tolerant than people on PA and DE. It's not typical but far from unusual (every 4 months or so) for pedestrians or motorists going in the other direction to tell me to get out of the #$%^& road - I think they are convinced it is antisocial, immoral and illegal for bicyclists to ride on the road instead of the sidewalk.<br /><br />While I am certainly glad these pedestrians are waiting for the bus instead of driving with their attitude, I know it is not inadvertent because some of the drivers have had to open their car windows in January to shout. (I too was baffled, since the car behind me was waiting to make the same left turn. Do they find left turn signals offensive?<br /><br />AngeloAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-6316777059218744012011-07-11T19:52:03.770-05:002011-07-11T19:52:03.770-05:00So, if I'd had the mighty P7 light on, I'd...So, if I'd had the mighty P7 light on, I'd not have gotten honked at? It seems more likely my left turn signal made the motorist nervous about hitting my outstretched hand (it did not extend over the double yellow line). I try not to depend on high vis stuff to be noticed.<br /><br />Having heard theories about pickups, I notice them very much!Steve Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-69683753959992047202011-07-11T19:38:42.090-05:002011-07-11T19:38:42.090-05:00Perhaps, since you aren't as easy to be seen a...Perhaps, since you aren't as easy to be seen as an automobile, they assumed you couldn't see them as easily as well. LOL!dickdavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17276905489249485208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-54147276582315039232011-07-11T19:19:23.701-05:002011-07-11T19:19:23.701-05:00carfreepvd, your theory sounds at least plausible,...carfreepvd, your theory sounds at least plausible, though, as is my usual practice, I was going to great lengths to be really predictable. I suppose that, seeing such, there is no real way to know if the cyclist is going or waiting, though honking is not likely to settle things either.Steve Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-78778995117439503752011-07-11T18:50:38.732-05:002011-07-11T18:50:38.732-05:00When I'm driving and I see someone who I am af...When I'm driving and I see someone who I am afraid might dart in front of me (be they ped, motorist or cyclist), I often "put my finger on the trigger" - that is, I get ready to honk in case it is necessary. Sometimes, this has led to inadvertent honking on my part. Maybe that's what happened in this situation.<br /><br />I seem to do inadvertent bell rings much more often than I ever did with car honks, but I can always recover by just ringing it a bunch of times like I'm really happy to be riding my bike. BECAUSE I AM!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com