Bit odd story, you're hammering round a blind corner too narrow to pass two abreast, but it was the other's fault? Unless it was a closed off rally stage you shouldn't have a license if you still find it to blame whoever was coming the other way...Very near me are a couple of ranges, one has a one way up gravel road. Reasonably wide but less than 2 cars worth, relatively smooth and 100% fun. I was driving it somewhat enthusiastically with a mate on board and mid blind corner where none of the wheels were pointing in the same direction as the road I encountered a roadie heading down in the middle of the road. I slid to a stop and he rode past. Half a hand off the bars in a nervous wave. I ride mountain bikes and avoid roads where possible but this guy either had a death wish or believed in some exestential intervention. He would have heard me for many hundreds of metres, the engine was sitting around redline and the gravel smashing around was deafening but no let's just use the centre of the road the wrong way. Sigh. My mate said lucky it was you, I wouldn't have been able to avoid him. Sigh (the sequel).
There can be many reasons why they didn't hear you, some legitimate, others less. But they sure enough don't have to accomodate a wannabe rally driver coming round a blind bend.
I do have many similar stories, love driving narrow roads through the forest and the odd passenger asks how can you drive that fast. Well, on blind corners I can stop and I cannot count the near missis. As I come to a stop as much to the side as possible, and the oncoming person same speed in the middle of the road narrowly missing me as they barely manage to swerve. As we say in Sweden, 'Noll koll'. Zero competence, just driving same speed everywhere, hoping for the best...
And if it wasn't clear, they were drivers in cars. Should I hate all other drivers now?
I don't understand the anecdotal nature of pointing out 'roadies', I meet bad traffic participants in cars (yourself above), trucks, busses, on bicycles, motorcycles and e-scooters, pedestrians etc. And I have myself made many a bad judgement in most modes of transportation and learned from them. But still happens occasionally.
Own your own mistakes, and allow that other people, whatever transportation they are using, will make them.
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