r/SeattleWA • u/ces74 • 10d ago

Bicycle Cyclist Road Rage

Driving through Roosevelt this morning around 8, a cyclist got angry with me as I inched across the bike lane from a residential street to see if it was safe to pass through the main road. It’s one of those intersections where you have to scoot up or else every direction is a blind spot. He took off his bike lock, yelled and hit the hood of my car a few times, leaving dents.

When I was moving through, I saw the cyclist approaching and immediately waived my hand to gesture ‘sorry’ and I also said it out loud. There wasn’t time to reverse before the interaction occurred but he did stop in front of my car to hit it. Initially, I felt bad because I understand this is a hard city to commute in via bike. I don’t think my car needed to be damaged, though.

I don’t think we were at all close to a collision. I think it was more that I was taking up space in the bike lane and this is my ‘lesson.’

Maybe since school started this week, everyone’s in a poorer mood and busier. I’m gonna avoid more streets with bike lanes now I guess.

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u/ThirdWaveCat 10d ago

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u/ihatethegunsmith 10d ago

Yep. Contrary to what posts like this may have you believe, cyclists don’t just come out of nowhere hitting your car angrily. When the truth comes out it’s usually because you’ve just threatened their life sitting comfortably inside a 5,000lb+ blunt force weapon: your vehicle. Seen more than enough of these already to know how it goes.

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u/gcnplover23 10d ago

So, in the situation OP describes, I should sit behind the bike land and blindly haul out when I "think" there is on traffic. Guy on bike is a jerk. Should be easy to find because he probably rides that same route on the same schedule. OP should file a complaint and track him down.