ascentale,
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Last week we talked about bad and good interactions with drivers. @sam asks:

Q2. If the situation gets tense, what are some techniques to deescalate?

moira,
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@ascentale @sam I didn't see Q1, was Q2 dropped accidentally?

meganL,
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@ascentale @sam Strait into A2, huh? 😜 I think this can be so context-dependent that it's hard to give universal advice.

What can help sometimes is disarming - doing something happy or innocent or "crazy" they don't expect. An non-cycling example is that a friend of mine used to pick up something someone littered and very happy, innocent, gave it back to them saying "Hi! Hi! You dropped this!" as if it were a $20 bill they'd dropped. While some people can be angry in response,

moira,
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@meganL @ascentale @sam Yeah I've done that, people get pissed but it can be funny

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