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

Throw a live or dead rat inside their car, depending upon the seriousness of the situation.

Ignore.

Same.

Police report. GoPro footage if possible

Not worth it , unless there are damages. Medical bills, etc.

[quote]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.[/quote

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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.

No they are not. Pedestrians cross roads all the time. Bicyclists are licensed and they also use roads. There is no law that says only powered vehicles are allowed to use public roads. There is a law that exists in many misguided drivers' minds.

sc42 wrote:

sub sub elite local hobby jogger wrote:

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.

Nothing is more painful to loudmouths than being ignored. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in DC being a prime example these days.

Winner!

try this: wrote:

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?

Lived here for years. Which street is Central Park East?

The Jerk store called, they’re running out of YOU!

3hr-marathoner wrote:

track chick wrote:

Some people are completely crazy. ... I then pointed to the cameras and said "you're on CCTV you know" and he went away.

It's interesting how often seemingly crazy people will relent when they realize they are on camera. Deep down they know they are being a-holes.

I was so glad for the prominent cameras being there directly in the road. I'm not sure if he would've backed off otherwise. The part that bothered me was how furious he was. Like shaking with anger and the way he spoke.

broken driving culture wrote:

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

This.

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Not sure if this helps or hurts the OP but I got pulled over by a cop when running in the street. He told me that I had to run on the sidewalk. He seemed unimpressed when I explained that concrete (que the concrete runner) is a harder surface than asphalt or that, running at or close to 10 mph would create mayhem on a busy sidewalk. He replied, “Just slow it down and get off the street” and sped off in his patrol car.

I think once he realized that I wasn’t running from someone or something he quickly lost interest.

No response is the best response. They won't learn anything. You won't achieve anything. Just treat them as if they are invisible.

Just keep running on the road, and ignore the immature and obnoxious yeller. Not acknowledging this person his will annoy them way more than anything else.

SDSU Aztec wrote:

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.

exactly, super dangerous drive. I would report it, its likely happened to another running in your neighborhood. Builds a case against the person. Its only happened to me once, i didn't even acknowledge the driver.

GO F**CK YOURSELF!!!

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.

This is real funny because a teammate and I warming up for a track meet got threatened by a police officer two times (as he saw us again) to run on the side walk in what you would think of as a “Running” town. We never did actually run on the side walk. PO was just being a jerk. This was more than 20 years ago.

You scream "SUCK MY KOKK ASSHOOLLLE" as menacingly as possible. Then, reach into your fannypack, in which you carry your loaded revolver, just in case the driver doesn't take kindly to your admonition.

What could go wrong?

In spite of our state law, quoted below, I typically run on the left side of the road on the asphalt, not the harder concrete sidewalk. But yeah, anyone yelling at me while I'm running? I basically pretend I'm deaf.

if a sidewalk is provided, the law says you should walk or run on the sidewalk. If there is no sidewalk provided, then you should walk or run on the shoulder of the road, as far away from the edge of the road as possible, without causing harm to yourself. And if there is no sidewalk, and no shoulder, the person should walk or run as near as practical on the outside edge of the roadway, and if this is on a two lane road, you should walk or run against traffic. Georgia law also requires that any person who is on a roadway, shall yield the right of way to all cars on the road.

Just wave back at them with a huge smile, that really pisses them off. Now if you are a tough guy that can put up a good fight, then flip em off (better make sure you have a fighting chance of WINNING not just fighting and getting your butt kicked, not kidding), it will be very entertaining to all those passing by.