Things to do when you're shouted at by drivers

Wrath Rob

Any more creative solutions?

Kieran_Burns

I've blown people kisses in the past. That REALLY messes with their head

pangolin

Make gorilla noises at them?

greg66_tri_v2.0

Ignore them?

(Disclaimer: this morning I got into a shouted profanity war with another cyclist. So what do I know?)

Koncordski

The 'call me' sign really annoys the crap out of van drivers.

CiB

Koncordski wrote:

The 'call me' sign really annoys the crap out of van drivers.

Like that.

The international open palm WTF gesture with the dismisve shake of the head then continue as before is my preferred option, along with the occasional hearty smack on the window and a demand to know what was that all about you dozy useless twonk are you trying to kill me sheez?

kelsen

Fold their nearside mirror in or pull up their wiper so they are forced to get out to put them back in place.

*Not that I've ever done this as the risk of being run over afterwards outweighs the pros

mudcow007

ive blown kisses an also laughed out loud

i think either of these make me look like a maniac so they leave me alone or i'm fruity

either way the situation never escalated

CiB

I did once get involved a discussion with a woman at a T junction who really couldn't see that I had as much to right to life as her right to catch up with the queuing traffic at the end of the road, where we now were. We resolved it by me taking the just lit fag from her fingers and chucking it in the gutter, before cycling away PDQ. She was livid. Fuming even.

warreng

opening the boot and passenger door gets a response.

jedster

If I've not lost my rag I tend to do one of:

one arm out, palm up, shrug, wide-eyed "what on earth were you thinking"
slow shake of the tilted head, half smile "I'm not angry, just disappointed. You've let me down, you've let yourself down, etc..."
clap or thumbs up with smile, sarcastic "well done mate"

Crawler2

Don't make gorilla noises. It upsets the gorillas.

kelsen

Knock one out against their car

jedster

Oh by the way... one time a bloke called me a C*NT for no good reason, I responded by calling him a "F@@king joke". He then chased me in his mercedes until I was able to duck the wrong side of a central reservation barrier. I try not to get in swearing wars now.

estampida

hand gestures mean different things in different country's

in Italy the OK sign suggest that their back passage is a frequent use tunnel..........

a little hand movement and they get the idea...... lets get that used in the uk a little more often

gbsahne001

Had people shout at me to try and make me jump, they got stuck in traffic with an open window; cue manic scream into their car as I go past..... the passenger appeared to jump and almost hit their head.

I also had a car with a woman passenger come alongside and shout "ride like the wind", went past them a bit further along and went "whoosh" back to her, but both the original comment and response were both meant in jest.

cookeeemonster

kelsen wrote:

Knock one out against their car

notsoblue

kelsen wrote:

Knock one out against their car

Hah!

bails87

kelsen wrote:

Knock one out against their car

At least it'll buff out....

mudcow007

im told the best way to annoy a car driver is to drop your pants a drop a turd on their bonnet

granted a bit of planning is required and "one in the chamber" might help

works best with a white car, especially an audi

merkin

mudcow007 wrote:

im told the best way to annoy a car driver is to drop your pants a drop a turd on their bonnet

granted a bit of planning is required and "one in the chamber" might help

works best with a white car, especially an audi

If you do it from a motorway bridge you can make a quarter pounder cover the entire car.

rick_chasey

Take a sh!t on their bonnet.

YIMan

Kick their mirrors off.....is what I'd like to do.