r/NewRiders • u/Important-Ad-2308 • 17h ago
Lowkey terrified of going on road again after what happened how do i go out again ??
This my one of first times going on road by myself in traffic and stupidly enough it was rental in a city where i am not even familiar with the language regardless my male ego told me everything will be fine
and everything mostly was except one point during the start of the ride where at a signal instead of stopping more towards the right i stopped towards the left (the left is where we ride in this country and traffic lights dont apply for going left atleast in most cities) then people started honking so i moved a little front because they wanted to go left in my mind i still believe they are enough space to go left but i anyways moved left but still people were shouting at me in a language i do no understand and kept on going on eventually my confusion turned into fear but some nice uncle next to me told the people to calm down and leave regardless one my biggest fears is to not be that one annoying guy on the road and well turns out getting berated in a language you dont understand for being an idot on the road is also one of them
i genuinely dont want to ride a bike in traffic ever again