@Tim: Thanks. I’ll pass that info along when I talk to my daily ninjas.
@SQ: Thank you, sir. My attitude doesn’t always last. After a while I get impatient and grumpy about this stuff too. Most of the time the positive interactions are enough to keep me being positive. If I have a string of grumpy ninjas, my sarcasm level can go WAY up. I had a lovely conversation with Mr. “I’m gonna walk on the left side of the trail so I can see traffic coming at me” yesterday. I left not long after the conversation had degraded to me asking if he drives on the left side of the road so he’s better able to see approaching traffic. He didn’t see the relevance.
I know that I’m not going to change people’s minds. Sometimes having a positive interaction with a cyclist can be a good thing. It is good for me because it keeps me thinking positively about most of humanity.
Unfortunately I seem to have attracted another stalker/aggressive driver in Falls Church/Arlington. That is another topic for another thread.
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