tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post114584213969694950..comments2023-12-28T21:22:10.935-07:00Comments on Jill Outside: HarassedJill Homerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1146163717588921442006-04-27T12:48:00.000-06:002006-04-27T12:48:00.000-06:00wowsers. that's scary stuff when you're out there ...wowsers. that's scary stuff when you're out there alone. it happens way too frequently... nice going on staying calm and going Buddha on their sorry asses.jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16574671855045980258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1146109658132912582006-04-26T21:47:00.000-06:002006-04-26T21:47:00.000-06:00By all means report it, but if the police are anyt...By all means report it, but if the police are anything like the police on this side of the world, don't expect them to do anything about it. It's best just to keep an eye out for them in future. I had a similar incident myself a few weeks back with someone openly threatening me with their van on my ride to work. Fortunately it was in an urban environment -- with enough surrounding traffic to escape. I'm not sure what I'd have done if it was quiet.<BR/><BR/>Just be careful out there.Chris Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08664643303317494288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1146034573152427012006-04-26T00:56:00.000-06:002006-04-26T00:56:00.000-06:00Jill, that is truly a disturbing incident. I would...Jill, that is truly a disturbing incident. I would try reporting it but then I guess I have this unfounded notion that people should not be able to use cars for intimidation. <BR/><BR/>And drivers definitely need better education about cyclists, as even seemingly well-intentioned ones write about "wrong side of the white line"?Tanyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11820533872471786162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1146029267168697632006-04-25T23:27:00.000-06:002006-04-25T23:27:00.000-06:00Makes me angry just to hear about it. I've blown ...Makes me angry just to hear about it. I've blown up at motorists who have harassed me while riding, and I've been lucky that they got as freaked out at my reaction as I was to their harassment. Not too smart of me, for sure, but I couldn't help it. <BR/><BR/>It's a drag that apparently no matter where we go, be it Alaska, Ohio, or Gilligan's Island, there's always a handy supply of jackasses to ruin a good thing. Sorry you had to have a rotten experience.drunkdude69https://www.blogger.com/profile/01108523738729328380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1145991610844281602006-04-25T13:00:00.000-06:002006-04-25T13:00:00.000-06:00I hate f'ing psychos that have nothing better to d...I hate f'ing psychos that have nothing better to do with their time than to f with others. They live in their own little world, unaware of other people's dreams and desires. They think there is only one way to do things and that their way is the right way. <BR/><BR/>Using pepper spray does not seem logical. IF someone is trying to scare you by driving dangerously close to you while you are biking, do you really want to blind them? What if they get in a car accident and kill everyone in the other car? I couldn't deal with that kind of guilt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1145971308560345472006-04-25T07:21:00.000-06:002006-04-25T07:21:00.000-06:00Wrong side of the white line? Whoa, the woods soun...Wrong side of the white line? Whoa, the woods sound better every day.Juanchohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01283672346601878803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1145935293037884722006-04-24T21:21:00.000-06:002006-04-24T21:21:00.000-06:00Paging Stephen King . . . Stephen King . . .Paging Stephen King . . . Stephen King . . .Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02317597809710979689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1145933841544437112006-04-24T20:57:00.000-06:002006-04-24T20:57:00.000-06:00you'll see her again...and when you do, I say char...you'll see her again...and when you do, I say charge her screaming....and maybe bear mace her too....just for kicksmiss kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09812731612671348833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1145923189461075232006-04-24T17:59:00.000-06:002006-04-24T17:59:00.000-06:00I don't want to even muss up your hair with the wi...<I>I don't want to even muss up your hair with the wind from my car, but most of the time there is on-coming traffic to consider out there and I can't move over the line to make your day more comfortable.</I><BR/><BR/> If there is on-coming traffic and you can't pass a cyclcist safely, <B>slow down and wait</B> until you can. Cyclists are permitted to ride in the road (except where explicitly forbidden) and are to be considered slow moving vehicles. You have to slow down for other slow moving vehicles and wait to pass, a cyclist is <B>no</B> different. In almost every municipality in the US this is clearly spelled out in the municipal traffice code. See Anchorage's (sect 9):<BR/><BR/>http://www.municode.com/resources/gateway.asp?pid=12717&sid=2Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1145914025150787722006-04-24T15:27:00.000-06:002006-04-24T15:27:00.000-06:00Jill, I think mace is fine if you live in a city, ...Jill, I think mace is fine if you live in a city, where there are people around you can run too. But riding by yourself in remote areas of alaska, it just seems to me that mace wouldn't do the job, especially if you have a van full of drunks who wern;t out to just scare you.... if you were my sister I would want her to A: Never ride alone in these places or B: Get a gun. Learn how to use it properly and carry it with you everywhere...<BR/><BR/>Unfortuantly, you never know if the next car or truck who tries to run you off the road is doing it just for the hell of it or has more sinister ideas in mind. <BR/><BR/>I know, I'm just a guy in New Mexico, but I have a sister and would never want her in a position where she has to face down a car full of drunken men in the middle of nowhere with just a can of mace to protect her....<BR/><BR/>Anyway, be careful out there. Its a dangerous world, especially for women. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1145908560348126482006-04-24T13:56:00.000-06:002006-04-24T13:56:00.000-06:00Ride the same road at the same time; this time wit...Ride the same road at the same time; this time with a group. Here's hoping you see the van again and they see the power of the pack. You shouldn't have to live in fear of anyone, anywhere.C. P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10096812056965975784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1145908495295994112006-04-24T13:54:00.000-06:002006-04-24T13:54:00.000-06:00I am not a avid bike rider but I do drive. I do n...I am not a avid bike rider but I do drive. I do not at all condone what this aggravated driver did. <BR/><BR/>I just want to comment for us drivers out there that most of the time drive way out and around the bikers on the road! (Don't forget notice us and to say nice stuff about us!) <BR/><BR/>sometimes it appears that bikers expect drivers to be able to do that all the time and so ride on the wrong side of the white line. That is a bit frightening to me. I would never chase down a biker that does this but I am definitely annoyed. <BR/><BR/>So forgive me and all those other annoyed drivers out there, but please don't forget to stay well on the otherside of the white line while you are out pursuing your past-time. I don't want to even muss up your hair with the wind from my car, but most of the time there is on-coming traffic to consider out there and I can't move over the line to make your day more comfortable.<BR/><BR/>Very frightening to me is a whole family of bikers with little ones. I definitely slow down for them and will even stop but I always wish they would go where there are bike paths to do the family thing.<BR/><BR/>This problem is a two way street.... but in this case of drivers and bikers we do have to share the same side. There has to be give and take so that no one gets hurt. So you move over and I will too ... if I can.Connie Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03823945953153064691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1145906453067969192006-04-24T13:20:00.000-06:002006-04-24T13:20:00.000-06:00Vehiles like this are the reason my next cell phon...Vehiles like this are the reason my next cell phone is a camera phone.John Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09713834935399462592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1145892701658955012006-04-24T09:31:00.000-06:002006-04-24T09:31:00.000-06:00Definitely take the mace. But I think you should c...Definitely take the mace. But I think you should call the police anyway. Juancho is right, it is technically assault. When they say "assault and battery" they're not just being redundant, battery is when they actually touch you but assault is a separate charge that doesn't require physical contact. Bring the mace for your own safety but "put up and shut up" is not your only legal recourse!anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11145745564603045356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1145891997223774912006-04-24T09:19:00.000-06:002006-04-24T09:19:00.000-06:00I wouldn't suggest trying the punch in hte face. B...I wouldn't suggest trying the punch in hte face. But I bet you the mace in the face would make the passenger think twice about doing something like that again. People are idiots. It's this kind of stuff that keeps me on the trails and off the roads. I agree with you completely juancho!Malliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13186936683465162035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1145889268087794402006-04-24T08:34:00.000-06:002006-04-24T08:34:00.000-06:00That is listed as reason #12 in the "Why I prefer ...That is listed as reason #12 in the "Why I prefer Mountain Bikes" handbook. Disgusting, technically it is assault.Juanchohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01283672346601878803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1145880145685244472006-04-24T06:02:00.000-06:002006-04-24T06:02:00.000-06:00Mount the bear mace on your handlebars for quick a...Mount the bear mace on your handlebars for quick access.The Donut Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824654137428116697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1145879835510775352006-04-24T05:57:00.000-06:002006-04-24T05:57:00.000-06:00I too have been hit, by an old woman who then told...I too have been hit, by an old woman who then told me to "stay off the road." And I've been harrassed, often by people who were trying to make me make a mistake, so that they could have the fun of seeing me crash; and occasionally by people who, like your little playmates, wanted to scare hell out of me and perhaps injure me. I don't agree that you should fight back; you'll wind up dead. I do agree that you should just frickin hide. I called the police once, and they wouldn't track down the perp. Instead, they advised me to just stop. They said that harassers usually won't persist when the target isn't moving. For what it's worth. Mostly: Just sympathies, Jill. That sucks.senioritishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12785984935064063949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1145857488987010572006-04-23T23:44:00.000-06:002006-04-23T23:44:00.000-06:00Fight the good fight!!!!Fight the good fight!!!!Bike Droolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02472086220137681760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1145856558554848982006-04-23T23:29:00.000-06:002006-04-23T23:29:00.000-06:00Been slapped in the butt, had beer cans and bottle...Been slapped in the butt, had beer cans and bottles thrown at me, had a friend shot with a pellet gun, I've been hit by an SUV (she stopped and took me to the hospital). These brainless wonders never cease to amaze me as they're everywhere. I always call the cops, since one time it was the same car on seperate occasions, so it helped to prosecute.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07875874126181281127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1145851068313432422006-04-23T21:57:00.000-06:002006-04-23T21:57:00.000-06:00Scary! But at least you're safe. I hate situation...Scary! But at least you're safe. <BR/><BR/>I hate situations like that . . . you think of all the things you <I>could've</I> done <I>after</I> its all said and done.Daniel Satelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282270186990794647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1145848014104107862006-04-23T21:06:00.000-06:002006-04-23T21:06:00.000-06:00If you have a small digital camera, bring it with ...If you have a small digital camera, bring it with you Jill. Sorry to hear you ran into those idiots. Wish I could say we didn't have a few like that around here.Tréehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11742129819547567342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1145847679109186712006-04-23T21:01:00.000-06:002006-04-23T21:01:00.000-06:00Jeez, what a horrible story. Stuff like that frea...Jeez, what a horrible story. Stuff like that freaks me out. Glad you're more restrained than I would have been.Frostbikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00608713389249262920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1145847507185500542006-04-23T20:58:00.000-06:002006-04-23T20:58:00.000-06:00Get the license plate number next time, if you can...Get the license plate number next time, if you can. Pepper spray is good too:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-1145844558036154242006-04-23T20:09:00.000-06:002006-04-23T20:09:00.000-06:00That is seriously freaky! You need to call the po...That is seriously freaky! You need to call the police for stuff like that! Report their asses. It's possible that the police in that area already know there are crazies who own a white minivan. It doesn't hurt to report stuff like that and it could help someone else that freaks like that harass.Saschahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14753671246115554231noreply@blogger.com