I have a video I would like to share, but be warned that I take JC's name in vain and drop an F bomb in it. At the time I'm cursing at a flatbed driver that startled me by driving very dangerously. When watching the video, however, I curse myself for my bad lane position instead. Riding where I was riding doesn't make dangerous passes OK, but it does leave the door open for them to happen in the first place.
My guess is that this guy was hauling ass (there I go, cursing again!) at the end of the work day and had no hope of slowing down to anywhere near a safe speed, which meant he had to thread the needle between that oncoming car and me.
I was riding into the wind and was moving pretty slowly and I'm always tempted to get right rather than slow the cars down. I KNOW I shouldn't give in to this feeling: here's a quote from something I wrote about controlling the lane just last September:
"The point I'm trying to make
is that ticking people off for a short time is often better than keeping them
happy, despite the basic and strong human desire to be liked. It took a shift in
thinking that was a little difficult, but now that I've experienced the
reduction in risk (and therefore fear and stress) it creates, I'll never go
back".
Turns out I'm full of shit. Curses!
Yer Pal,
R A N T W I C K 