OK, for starters this is my second season of riding and first commuting, so I am a noob.
Anyways, last week while going back home there was another biker sitting on a red light and I pulled up beside him. In the past I had few riders that were total strangers to me pulled up beside me, so I thought it was fairly normal.
Mind you I pulled up fairly slowly and he saw me in his mirrors. However, before I even stopped, he started cussing at me (that's how I know he saw me).
He started yelling that we don't ride together and started dropping f-bombs. I told him that I don't plan riding with him, but having a full face helmet, I don't think he could hear me all that well. Before he got a chance to cuss at me some more, the light turned green, I let him go first and then we went our separate ways.
On the way home I started to think about this incident and I think that this guy had a fair point but his conduct was rather poor. He could've just as well ignore me, but then perhaps by being rude he was trying to teach me a lesson.
What do you guys think? Did I commit a big NO NO?
Anyways, last week while going back home there was another biker sitting on a red light and I pulled up beside him. In the past I had few riders that were total strangers to me pulled up beside me, so I thought it was fairly normal.
Mind you I pulled up fairly slowly and he saw me in his mirrors. However, before I even stopped, he started cussing at me (that's how I know he saw me).
He started yelling that we don't ride together and started dropping f-bombs. I told him that I don't plan riding with him, but having a full face helmet, I don't think he could hear me all that well. Before he got a chance to cuss at me some more, the light turned green, I let him go first and then we went our separate ways.
On the way home I started to think about this incident and I think that this guy had a fair point but his conduct was rather poor. He could've just as well ignore me, but then perhaps by being rude he was trying to teach me a lesson.
What do you guys think? Did I commit a big NO NO?