(i'm from new jersey also) 1. you shouldn't be riding a bike in nj because well, it's nj and we are a crazy bunch of people. 2. i would've done the same thing hahaha 3. why the **** would you stick you hand out like a tool? you deserve it man.

that's hilarious. I would have never thought of that! thanks for the laugh. sucks though man.

All you people saying bikers should stay on the sidewalk: not only is it illegal in many places, you shouldn't do it even where it IS permitted. I was once hit by a biker on the sidewalk. It's dangerous. Those laws are there for a reason.

Hopefully you got the dumb ******'s plates.

1) In my town, a citation for riding on a sidewalk is $40. My old roommate found that out the hard way, but given how sparse enforcement is, she's just really unlucky. An even unluckier acquaintance of mine was killed last year by a driver who ran a red light. He was crossing at the crosswalk, when he was allowed to cross, on his bike - I guess "ur stupid stay on teh sidwalk" doesn't work. Maybe because drivers who cannot be bothered with the safety of others are just dangerous? 2) I would have given this a YDI if the biker had been like most bikers in my town and totally ignored traffic rules. OP played this by the book, and some driver who, even if out of common sense, should have known that doing that was dangerous and shouldn't have done it EVEN IF the OP wanted a high five. FYL, but at least OP is still living (see first point). 3) I'm guessing the people here who feel that everyone must own a car to be OMG, like kewl!1! did not pay for their own educations. Some of us people without unlimited funds have to conserve money for, y'know, lame stuff like food, rent, and tuition. I use the bus whenever possible BECAUSE of how stupid drivers (and other bikers, for that matter) are, but the bus doesn't go everywhere. Until someone in D.C. decides that I need a "transportation bailout", I will do whatever I can to get where I need to go, and the law says specifically that using a bike is permitted. 4) In my town, bikes have to pay a $20 registration fee to park in certain areas (the ones that any sane biker wants to park in). Not doing so allows the city to take the bike, which costs $60 to get back. As such, almost everyone who owns a bike pays the registration fee. One can tell by an all-weather sticker on the bike. 5) In Colorado, knowing handsignals is required to get a driver's license. I get that it's 2009 and I guess there should be "an app for that", but it's required because bicyclists, motorcyclists, and cars that lack visible headlights (broken taillights, large trailer that doesn't have the signals and blocks the car's signals, etc.) HAVE to use them. And I, as a Colorado driver, have to know how to interpret that. I guess that's not the case for New Jersey, which explains quite a bit...

Hand Signals should be taught everywhere. This is why I don't ride my bike to get places off-post. Glad to hear you lived through it, man. You got lucky. Did ya get the retard's plates? Side note: Apparently, they now make batter-operated turn signals for bicyclists. One too many morons in the world, i guess. I'd recommend it.

Oh man that must have hurt. They need to retake driver's ed.

Oh my god. People are such idiots these days. I'm sorry dude.

thats just about what happened to me. my elderly neighbor asked me if i would go buy a screw driver for her. not old enough to drive i was riding my bike home with the screw driver in my hand. a driver thought it was a knife and called the police. i was pulled over by the cops and had to explain.

ha i literally loled