Road rage. It mostly happens between drivers. Horns are blasted and bumpers are ridden. It’s usually stressed out people in need of a deep breath, less talk radio, and a lingering hug. Sometimes drivers and cyclists have exchanges too. Encoded finger gestures are swapped and often saliva is forcefully channeled back and forth. In all of these cases egos clash and sometimes, unfortunately, the things the egos are piloting collide too. This is all dangerous tom-foolery. Let’s not over analyze it.
Bike lane rage? I honestly haven’t experienced it. Annoyance, yes. Rage, no. I feel too happy that there are a bunch of bikes “in my way” to get mad. That means that more people are biking. And it would take a lot of bikes to create gridlock on the level that could possibly incite rage. (China?) May being bike month there will likely be people taking awkward lines on their bikes as they commute along the lanes. They will likely be wearing their helmets backwards as well. To these fine humans I will say, “Good morning.”
Make May the month you take your ego out of the driver seat and off the saddle. We aren’t cyclists and drivers. We are just people getting around.
