Last time you flipped the bird?

It's been a while. I've come to the conclusion that if they cut you off or make some other driving error intentionally, being flipped off won't bother them. If the act was unintentional they probably feel bad about it already.

I probably do it daily when encountering stupid drivers (they're multiplying up here in Evergreen), but I keep it below the dash so that they don't see it... ya know, being armed, I'd rather not start a confrontation.

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Originally Posted by SAnd

I had a Denver policeman tell be that they can ticket you for that under Colorado's Road Rage law. I never looked it up though so I haven't a clue if he what he said was what the law actually is or just the way some police apply it.

That said I am a frequent flipper.

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There is this nasty little code within the Colorado Revised Statutes about Harassment. Basically defining it as words or actions designed to provoke. Leaves it very open to the PD interpretation and therefore the best reason not to is Ronin's

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Originally Posted by Ronin13

..I keep it below the dash so that they don't see it... ya know, being armed, I'd rather not start a confrontation.

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Heard a radio DJ talking about it recently, he has started giving people the thumbs down instead. Limits provocation, and makes me smile just doing it.

This morning. I do it way too often, though I try to keep it out of their vision, usually just an extended finger from a hand on the wheel or below the dashboard. Never really did it much until I moved here and had to deal with the people on the roads. People cut you off in MI, but it's usually because they are going faster than you and are leaving you behind. Here they cut you off on the highway and then slam on their brakes, so they were willing to go over the speed limit to get ahead of you, but then go back under once they are in front. That's what grinds my gears the most here about driving.

I recieve more than I give on the road, I don't drive in town much and the county roads I use are chuck full of bicyclist. Most of the riders stay to the right and I give them a good amount of space, it's the groups/mobs than think they're in a race are the ones I have no use for. I pull a trailer about 50% of the time, when I get the finger while pulling I lock up the trailer breaks and watch them scatter, when I'm not pulling I spool up the turbo for them.

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Originally Posted by tmckay2

its a dangerous thing to do, "fighting words" to many people and you never know who is the wrong person.

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That echoes my thoughts as well.

I got cut off yesterday and got flipped off...it was awesome, it was dark so he couldnt see me return the favor in the tinted windows

I give people the bird all the time.


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did anyone buy that?

Last month, for the first time since college.

I was on my bike training for the charity Copper Triangle ride. No more than a 1/2 mile from home when a diesel F series duly rolls up next to me. He revs hard then lets out the clutch, just to make a huge black cloud and piss me off. Jackass. I gave him the bird as he sped away.

I don't think I've actually meant that gesture, in a decade. I've flipped friends off before, but only to be funny.