stupid move and maybe this is why I get seriously injured.

[Biciclista]

This weekend as we were riding a one way road with multiple lanes and moving into the right hand side so we could turn, a car zoomed up on our right side and then proceeded to cross the other lanes to the left hand side. But then the lights changed and we caught him. We yelled "what's the problem?" and he wound down the window and said "stay in your lane". I raised by eyebrows at that- he just cut over 4 lanes without indicating in front of us.

unbelievable! what an idiot... be careful out there. that guy probably passed a driving test once.

[Dogmama]

I know that we are all cognizant of this - but I think it bears repeating:

Cars are a lot bigger than we are. One swerve and we're dead. People are stressed out. We can be considered targets. I don't want my tombstone to read:

She had the right of way.

[Zen]

The point.
i think you missed it.

[lph]

I think that what often looks like blatant aggression and an attempt at serious physical harm is "just" a combination of mild irritation and plain cluelessness from a drivers point of view. Many, many drivers have no idea what it's like to be on a bike, and how a close move can feel - and be - life-threatening. Moves that are annoying or a bit snarky between drivers, causing a bit of honking and gesturing, can feel like being hunted down to a cyclist, and they don't even know it. They don't know what it's like to be balanced on two wheels, they don't what how puny our brakes are compared to car brakes, they haven't ever travelled at high speed with the whoosh of passing cars felt straight on their face and body. Which is no excuse, but that's just how it is...

I really really wish that getting a drivers licence included a mandatory bike riding clinic, on the road, in traffic, the works. We would get better bike riders and better car drivers at the same time.