Top 6 things we cyclists love to do to annoy drivers
While cycling along and thinking about how annoying drivers are I also had a little think outside the box and thought about how we cyclists must annoy drivers:
- Cycling in the middle of the road so they can’t get passed us
- Leaning on their car while they are waiting at a traffic light
- Cycling two abreast
- Skipping a red light - while the poor motorist is sat there looking at the light intently simply cycling straight past that red light. Even better than this is the oldest trick in the book where you stop at the light, get off your bike, walk across the light and then climb back on the bike and cycle off.
- Whizzing past cars stuck in traffic
- Cycling slowly when there is no room for them to overtake - they must love it!
Those are just some things that must really grind motorists gears about us cyclists! I love doing some of those! Got any good ones, post them in a comment!
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One thing I do that seems to get their goat is to use the dedicated turn lane (here in the US, it’s the left turn lane). I’ve had several people honk, a few yell at me, and one even threaten to report me to the police. I have to laugh because most of the time I outrun them through the light anyway.