Your horrible ride story really leaves me wondering about the horrid drivers out there. Things like this really make me angry. And like Road Raven says, how many of the bike riders are children riding after school or commuting to school. Just horrible horrible horrible.

Next time you are in coffee shop and some arse says about wanting to harm the cyclist or just scare them, maybe you should remind them that it could be a child. I wonder how he would feel if he killed an innocent child or someone killed his child. People just don't think about the consequences of their action. GRRR!!!

And one way of getting attention for a newspaper story is put it in a context of children riding bikes. People who hate bicyclist don't care about adults but if its a child riding they tend to soften up and think a bit.

Thank goodness for your cycling skill and attentiveness.
and do stay on Mtn bike for a while.