Appropriate response to neighborhood driver yelling, “run on the sidewalk!” ?

Flip them off and yell, " isn't this America?"

Used while cycling: “Side-what?” Got a laugh from a guy stopped near me, not the guy yelling at me.

1776 wrote:

Flip them off and yell, " isn't this America?"

You mean "this isn't America!"

Do the Quentin Cassidy

"Why do you drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?"

theJeff wrote:

We have one hoity-toity neighborhood that is notorious for drivers yelling at - and even swerving towards - runners.

What would you do? Looking for anything from pithy responses to feeding them Radiohead.

TIA

PS - aside from the possibility of concrete sidewalks potentially being harder on your body and definitely having more tripping hazards, I think you are much less visible and more likely to be hit by drivers pulling out/in than by running in the roads, especially one with wide boulevards and low traffic, such as the ones in question.

Hoity toity neighborhood that is aggressive toward runners? I call BS. It's the poor neighborhoods that are hostile to runners. In high toned neighborhoods, runners are so ubiquitous that they're generally ignored.

Doesn't add up wrote:

Hoity toity neighborhood that is aggressive toward runners? I call BS. It's the poor neighborhoods that are hostile to runners. In high toned neighborhoods, runners are so ubiquitous that they're generally ignored.

Try running in the road in the Upper East Side and see if you don't get yelled at by anyone.

I hate aggressive drivers as much as the next guy but you sound like a basic biatch. Your comment about drivers being more likely to hit you while pulling out makes no sense. Nor does your suggestion about feeding them radiohead

Run on grass or trails if you're so concerned about concrete. Running on the road is a lazy misguided half assed alternative.

Ron Tabb wrote:

"Why do you drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?"

I drive down my driveway to reach my garage because I park my cars in the garage.

drop dead sc*umbag

There is no appropriate response, because from a legal and practical standpoint, they're right and you're wrong. The roads are designed and built for drivers, not runners. You are an intruder. Go run somewhere else.

Okay!!! wrote:

There is no appropriate response, because from a legal and practical standpoint, they're right and you're wrong. The roads are designed and built for drivers, not runners. You are an intruder. Go run somewhere else.

Agreed. You’re giving runners a bad name.

Would you tell your kids the street is safer than the sidewalk too? Moran.

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Doesn't add up wrote:

Hoity toity neighborhood that is aggressive toward runners? I call BS. It's the poor neighborhoods that are hostile to runners. In high toned neighborhoods, runners are so ubiquitous that they're generally ignored.

Try running in the road in the Upper East Side and see if you don't get yelled at by anyone.

I've lived in NYC for 15 years and have never been yelled at by a motorist for running in the street. I'm guessing you've never lived on the UES.

browski wrote:

try this: wrote:

Try running in the road in the Upper East Side and see if you don't get yelled at by anyone.

I've lived in NYC for 15 years and have never been yelled at by a motorist for running in the street. I'm guessing you've never lived on the UES.

Do you run on busy streets in NYC? You probably don't get yelled at for it because you don't do it.

Are you honesty telling me that if I run down Central Park East, no one will say anything to me?

theJeff wrote:

We have one hoity-toity neighborhood that is notorious for drivers yelling at - and even swerving towards - runners.

What would you do? Looking for anything from pithy responses to feeding them Radiohead.

TIA

PS - aside from the possibility of concrete sidewalks potentially being harder on your body and definitely having more tripping hazards, I think you are much less visible and more likely to be hit by drivers pulling out/in than by running in the roads, especially one with wide boulevards and low traffic, such as the ones in question.

I don't give a crap what any driver says, but that swerving thing sounds like attempted murder.

Smile and wave. Disarms most people, for the one percent that are true jerks they hate this more than anything.

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browski wrote:

I've lived in NYC for 15 years and have never been yelled at by a motorist for running in the street. I'm guessing you've never lived on the UES.

Do you run on busy streets in NYC? You probably don't get yelled at for it because you don't do it.

Are you honesty telling me that if I run down Central Park East, no one will say anything to me?

Like I said, you've never lived here. I've run up/down 5th Ave (or as you mistakenly call it "Central Park East") many times in the street as the pavers that make up the sidewalk there are terrible to run on, and no one has ever yelled at me. The only people who've ever yelled at me for running in the street are cyclists.

broken driving culture wrote:

Smile and wave. Disarms most people, for the one percent that are true jerks they hate this more than anything.

Yep, do this or ignore them. People are nuts and sometimes pull out the firearms during road rage incidents. Don't do anything to provoke them further.

Ignore it?

Do you think a really smart response would change the person's opinion?