What to do about crazy cyclist-driver confrontations?

[DeniseGoldberg]

I've only had one experience like that in all of my years of cycling. I was happily riding down the road when someone drove by, rolled down their window, and threw some trash at me. Unfortunately I was too busy making sure I didn't crash to catch their license number, so I wasn't able to do what I wanted to. I really wanted to report the driver to the police, but without a license number as identification I figured it wouldn't do any good.

You clearly were not in the wrong here. And I would also attempt to avoid confrontation - it sounds like the guy in your group may have caused the situation to escalate. But reporting the driver to the police might help.

--- Denise