1. Keep doing what yer doing. If yer following all the traffic rules and there's nothing crazy happening, don't freak out. Just because im on a bike and in the road doesn't mean you have to randomly have to slam on the brakes because i enter the scene. Im riding in the street so i hopefully somewhat know what im doing. If anything that will cause an accident because you are trying to judge my actions and respond to them but you have no fucking CLUE what im thinking and how i will be riding with or through the traffic. Every rider is different, and some are more aggro than others.
2. Don't try and read my mind. Really, just don't. Im repeating what i just mentioned but seriously don't even try it. Unless you know that most likely what is happening will result in an accident, just keep driving. Some accidents are inevitable, and some people ride like idiots including myself sometimes. But you still don't know what my next move will be. If im in view it's most likely because i want to be, not because im trying to fuck with you. Yeah i might be a prick in rush hour or something but while yer sitting in traffic, im still trying to get paid. Time is money, son!
3. Check yer mirrors. Sounds pretty self-explanatory but no one does it. ESPECIALLY when you are: parked on the street and getting out of yer car, doing a U-turn, doing some crazy lane-change thing. As i said above a lot of us choose to be seen or not, but if yer driving like an asshole yer driving like an asshole, plain and simple.
4. Don't throw stuff at us. Whether yer a pedestrian or a driver, don't throw shit at us. We will most likely dodge it and/or get up and catch right up to you. Have you seen how beefy our "little" U-locks are? We WILL fight back. And most likely you are the one who started it, dick.
...more to come later...
