It must be the gas prices. That is all I can guess. The ride season has only just begun, but the drivers are in mid-summer form already. So easily agitated, so quick to yell with flavorful language. People are edgy already, and it is only May. It must be the gas prices.
And Joe Average Driver is not the only one agitated. I was actually pulled over the other day during a ride. He pulled me over with his lights AND his siren on. Apparently the police are unhappy as well, what with budget cut-backs. They are feeling the pressure to issue revenue generating tickets. He stopped my for running a red light, which is true, I did run it. But I ran it in a safe way so as not to impede traffic. After we discussed it for a while, he did not issue me a citation, but I get the feeling he is watching for me. Really, is this what we are down to now? Pulling over cyclists to gin up the revenue stream?
So, it should come as no surprise that on my last 2 rides, I have had drivers yelling F bombs at me for no apparent reason. I, of course, returned fire with some choice words of my own. But in light of my scrape with the law, I have been unusually vigilant, and careful to obey as many laws as possible, so I don't know what it is I am doing to piss them off.
What has drivers so riled up already? It must be the gas prices. Oil is dropping, will the price of gas go with it? Let's hope so, and then I will report whether or not it effects the mood of our drivers.
Safe travels today.
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