Sure take this to your local DA or police station how you went in hot pursuit of the offending motorist to lecture him on driving safety, and get their feedback. For sure the driver was the initial jerk, but in my eyes you do cycling advocacy no favor by taking off in pursuit of a bad driver to "educate" them, in fact I would call it obnoxious behavior serving no purpose but the likely escalation of the situation. Still waiting for the results of your first citizen citation.
I know, how would you feel if drivers chased you down to lecture you on running stop signs? How would you respond to a citizen citation for your traffic violations?
Oh, by the way, as soon as the driver admitted the pass was deliberately close maybe you should have taken down his plate number and reported it as an attempted assault to the police. I absolutely do not condone this type of behavior, just take issue with the vigilante attitude of the OP response.
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