I am not anarchic; I heed most traffic laws. I do not ride on the sidewalk (O.K., except for the final 25 feet between the curb cut and my front door, and then with caution). I do not salmon, i.e. ride against traffic.

And inevitably, many cyclists welcomed the battle, returning fire on the same terms. They paste their bikes with self-
congratulatory stickers, brazenly "salmon" against oncoming traffic, flip birds and bang hoods.

In the meantime, though, salmoning is rampant…Just this morning in fact I had a salmon encounter that incorporated so many infuriating elements I might have very well attempted to flog myself to death with my own fenders had I been palping them.