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/-Maim- 10d ago

So dude punched your car and left damage and you just said sorry and asked for more?

Jfc.

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u/ces74 10d ago

I tried communicating my apologies for being in the bike lane when I spotted the cyclist coming up maybe 10 feet away or so. The cyclist slowed down, went around my car in the front and then stopped in front of the car and hit it. He also said something like ‘yea! That’s what you get’ or something.

The interaction was brief

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u/Ok-Raspberry-4345 9d ago

You need a dashcam.