For goodness sake - this is just a stupid website!

You want something real to bitch about? Here you go - I was riding my bike home yesterday afternoon from the grocery store. I was riding down one road - one I often ride on. There was traffic coming the other way and suddenly there was a car behind me. I only really noticed it, bucause it honked. I paid no attention, but it honked again. I glanced back as saw a very angry face in the drivers seat. I kept going, since I had every right to do so, and there was a curb I could not get over easily at 15 mph. The idiot laid on his horn. I no longer looked back and was grateful there was a break in the oncoming cars, so he could pass.

He did pass. Without bothering to move out of my way. his back bumper clipped my heel and pedal. At probably twice my speed. His actions flipped my bike around and I found myself flat on my back, the food in my backpark mostly ruined, my shoe ripped to shreds, my heel bleeding and the pedal missing. Luckily I wasn't hurt more or even killed. He continued to speed off. I couldn't get his # because of the shock. No one else stopped to help. Eventually I got up and limped back home. I lost $20 worth of food. My bike needs repairs and if I had health insurance, i probably would have gotten stiches.

At what point should I give a damn about nasty people on the Mudcat?