OT as well, i love bright green bikes.
i had a few instances where cars passed me in order to cut me off with a right turn. one did it and i had to stop pedaling in order to not hit them, but it wasn't necessary to brake, and the other they realized they couldn't so they slowed down again and i passed them.
usually people are cool about that here, but i guess they all moved down to san jose for the week or something.