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I've had hundreds of aggressive interactions with drivers, shouted, sworn, broken bits of their cars and it achieved sweet fuck all except momentarily bolstering my ego. I'll probably shout at a driver in future tbh but I will accept, after the fact, that I was acting like a dick
Exactly this. I think more cyclists need to look at their own overreactions and consider if they really achieve anything.
And nothing would have changed re driver cyclist relations (and it wouldn't be on the internet)
I'm not being high and mighty, just speaking from experience, I've had hundreds of aggressive interactions with drivers, shouted, sworn, broken bits of their cars and it achieved sweet fuck all except momentarily bolstering my ego. I'll probably shout at a driver in future tbh but I will accept, after the fact, that I was acting like a dick