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watwuttoday at 10:40 AM1 replyview on HN

The level of aggression he describes made me uncomfortable. Sounds like the culture of some, well men specifically, where is lives is to be jerks.


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OuterValetoday at 10:49 AM

Unfortunately I can confirm his observations. They're all pretty accurate, though those that stood out to me most are:

> Young men in old cars were very aggressive, acting as if to frighten me off the road—they lowered their windows and shouted abusively, waved their arms, and hooted. I did not see this with women drivers and older men in more expensive cars.

I've had so many slurs, usually of the homophobic variety, shouted at me from cars. Some have felt the need to swerve their vehicle erratically at me.

> They tried to put me off balance by suddenly shouting, jumping out of hiding, kicking a football, throwing stones, or riding a bicycle at me; a few asked for a ride in addition to aggressive behaviour.

I've experienced plenty of teens that are aggressive and then proceed to ask for a go.

The positive experiences far outnumber the negatives overall, though.

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