Yesterday... ahhh yes, I was heading up to a local body shop to discuss a paint project for my TBA. Within minutes of leaving home I got behind a diesel black-smoke spewing Westfalia that was literally crawling up to a red traffic light at an approaching intersection. I thought 'that thing's in trouble' until when the light changed, the van sped away at normal speed. Okay... I was heading the same direction and ended up beside it at a double lane right turn. Guess what... the van cut over into my lane and cut me off! Well I laid on that stupid wimpy beep-beep horn (I really gotta change it) and got beside him and shouted profanities about watching the way he drives.
Then... oh yeah this has only just begun, then I got in front of him and slowed to a snail's pace... about the same pace as when he approached that intersection with me behind him. All this on a double lane heading out of town. Did he pull out to pass me? No!!! He stayed right behind me at 3 MPH. I maintained that speed until finally I cranked 'er up and sped outta sight from that granola/hemp seed wanna-be hippie driving a contemporary version of the classic VW van of the fame and glory of the 'San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) era.
Up the road... not far I turned into a quiet pull-over and waited for the VW to come along. When it did I pulled out behind him and followed up to the adjacent town (about 10 minutes away) the whole time maintaining my tactical stance as a biker ready, willing and able to express my disdain in being placed in jeopardy by this friggin' granola crunching void of reason dipstick!!!
I let him and his pseudo hippie girl friend go finally, and thought... they would never consciously (or even unconsciously) cut off another biker again. I have to believe that otherwise I'm just another redneck biker dude with nothing better to do than terrorize dream-scape cagers.
I confessed to a friend later that I did nothing today to further world peace. He laughed and praised me for sticking up for myself... yet I still question my effectiveness in making this world a better place.
