Thick Skin
It’s not good to honk at a cyclist because, well, it’s startlingly loud:
I can understand the need to communicate, but horns don’t do the trick. But even when some folks use their words, they don’t really do much better…
So when find myself the target of horns or yells, I simply don’t respond.
They’re not looking for a reasonable conversation. And engaging with them might make it worse. I don’t really want to see how unreasonable things could go.
After all, does this ever happen?
So I try to let it go.
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“Oh Really? Wow. I took drivers ed when I was 16”.
That should read, “Oh Really? Wow. I (he’s) had his head up his @$$ since I was 16.
Yesterday I had an Edgartown MA highway vehicle behind me laying on the horn and I was doing the speed limit.
I always look at it as if the vehicle honks, then I know for sure they see me, and I don’t have to worry about them being a danger anymore.
I never get honked at (daily bike commuter) … but I look like a football player.
Other large riders report the same thing.