Quick background terminology....
Cager = people driving cars, more specifically IDIOTS driving cars.
Wink = turning your headlights off and then back on, usually to send a polite message to a car or vehicle ahead of you. My BF says that's often used by truckers when passing during certain conditions.
Well another story of PepperElf driving home from work.
One day, on the drive home I saw a motorcycle behind me, approaching on the left. Now I try to subscribe to Mom's rules of the road for motorcycles, which is "Give them the same amount of room you'd give another car".. except that I prefer giving them more room than that, cos they're small with less protection.
I was also in a good/silly mood and remember thinking, "Go, biker, go! Go, biker, go!" like a little cheering squad.
But anyway, after he passed me I made a point of staying the fuck away from him, and giving him as much room as possible cos... I really don't want biker-guts on my grill, ya know?
Not so, the other traffic. Other cars started crowding him a bit, and even though I don't get into the whole fight between "bikers vs cars" (seriously there are those who fight over it), even I was calling the other cars "cagers".
Although the biker himself wasn't totally innocent, since I did see him cut some cars off a couple of times too, shifting lanes.
As for me, I was changing lanes as required, or as I saw fit, either to pass or to avoid other cars... And eventually I ended up getting closer to Mr. Biker again and finally wanted to pass him.
I think he was contemplating cutting me off too but... he never did. I think the reason why was because... as I approached him on his left, I made a point of winking the lights at him. Basically saying, "I acknowledge your presence on the road."
So unlike the other cars, I passed him easily, and switched back after I passed the car that was in front of him, and things progressed quite nicely.
Cager = people driving cars, more specifically IDIOTS driving cars.
Wink = turning your headlights off and then back on, usually to send a polite message to a car or vehicle ahead of you. My BF says that's often used by truckers when passing during certain conditions.
Well another story of PepperElf driving home from work.
One day, on the drive home I saw a motorcycle behind me, approaching on the left. Now I try to subscribe to Mom's rules of the road for motorcycles, which is "Give them the same amount of room you'd give another car".. except that I prefer giving them more room than that, cos they're small with less protection.
I was also in a good/silly mood and remember thinking, "Go, biker, go! Go, biker, go!" like a little cheering squad.
But anyway, after he passed me I made a point of staying the fuck away from him, and giving him as much room as possible cos... I really don't want biker-guts on my grill, ya know?

Not so, the other traffic. Other cars started crowding him a bit, and even though I don't get into the whole fight between "bikers vs cars" (seriously there are those who fight over it), even I was calling the other cars "cagers".
Although the biker himself wasn't totally innocent, since I did see him cut some cars off a couple of times too, shifting lanes.
As for me, I was changing lanes as required, or as I saw fit, either to pass or to avoid other cars... And eventually I ended up getting closer to Mr. Biker again and finally wanted to pass him.
I think he was contemplating cutting me off too but... he never did. I think the reason why was because... as I approached him on his left, I made a point of winking the lights at him. Basically saying, "I acknowledge your presence on the road."
So unlike the other cars, I passed him easily, and switched back after I passed the car that was in front of him, and things progressed quite nicely.
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