A funny thing happened to me on the way past Burger King. I
got into an interesting exchange with a passenger in a VW bug.
I was cycling north on a heavily traveled strip close to my office,
hugging the curb like a broken beer bottle. As usual, I was conscious
of overtaking vehicles and wary of cars coming out of side roads.
A short distance ahead of me I noted the VW bug nudging out
into the curb lane from Burger King s parking lot (I ll slow down the
frames of this scene for study). The driver was looking me dead in
the eye, so I gave him the flat of my hand, sticking it out like a Hong
Kong policeman. But even with my stop sign in plain view, the
motorist kept pumping his brakes and nudging into traffic. To make
myself more visible, I gesticulated like a fan. At the same time I
yelled a series of No s in the strongest voice I could muster. Since the
driver s window was open, I am quite sure that he heard me. But still
he came, bouncing into traffic and into me. Having no choice, I
swung wide around him and almost got clipped by a truck.
Upset, I got off my bike and pushed it to the curb. Then the VW
pulled up alongside, the window came down, and a female
passenger demanded to know "What the hell do you think you re
doing?"
I explained in a voice quivering with control that I had been
obeying traffic laws, that I was plainly visible, and that I had given
appropriate signals. I also told her Chat the car had obstructed my
path and had almost sent me headlong into a truck.
At that she fumed that I "probably couldn t afford a car any-
way." And added with high seriousness that "it s a good thing you
are
mouth
(racial epithet), or I d get out and punch you in the
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