In article >, The Real Bev wrote:
> I was riding my bike as fast as I could in order to make a sharp left
> turn across the 50-foot-wide median strip and continue on. There is a
> 20-foot difference in elevation between the lanes so the hill between is
> pretty steep. If I can't get up full speed I have to shift down into my
> granny to make it. This happens most frequently when cars coming from
> the other direction make left turns down their side of the cross-median
> road and just sit there waiting for me to pass, making me slow down and
> shift in order to pass in front of them and THEN make the turn. Since I
> am zipping diagonally across the three travel lanes heading to the
> cross-median lanes, only the very stupid could have any doubt about my
> intentions.

The "consideration" idiots really aggrivate me when I am riding a
bicycle. I know how to ride in traffic and have things timed so I don't
have to scrub off speed, etc and so forth. Instead of driving normally as
I expect, they start to do strange things in the name of being
"considerate". Usually this forces me to slow/stop/evaluate what they are
doing, then sometimes needing to wave them on their way because their
"consideration" is making it dangerous for me proceed. Makes things worse
for me and everybody else on the road.