Advocacy & Safety - What am I doing wrong? (rant)

Then this morning on another 4 lane artery I am close passed by a Ford 350 diesel PU. .The driver gets caught at the next light and is in the far right lane which is a mandatory right turn with signs and arrows and all that stuff there. (Sorry Arlo). There is a long line waiting so I filter up between cars to the light as I usually do and as I pass his truck he guns the engine and pulls slightly across the line to either try and scare me or hit me. I shout "watch it!" and continue to the front, knowing all the cars behind and to my right are turning right.

The light changes and I stand in the pedals to cross and gain the empty right hand lane when the truck doesn't turn right but comes across the intersection and almost clips me! Honking all the while.

By this time I'm p"ed off and flip him the bird, making sure he knows what I mean. He starts slowing in traffic like it's show down time but it's rush hour he can't really stop. I got the first 3 numbers of his license plate but he decides not to stop and takes off.

It's been over a week and I now think I have this intersection figured out, having spent a couple days on the curb watching the traffic. I noticed most motorists do not recognize the right hand lane as being a mandatory right.

With every light cycle there will be one or more vehicles that illegally cross the intersection instead of turning right. All this despite 3 signs and lane marking arrows.

I have now altered my route to turn right a block before as I can pick up my MUP a quarter mile south. No more conflicts (at this intersection) with clueless cagers.

An update on the above intersection. Several weeks ago I emailed a complaint to the local Popo, they returned saying they would "look into it". I thought they would set up a traffic stop and gain some revenue from ticketing all the drivers blowing the mandatory right turn.

Instead they sent the DPW people out, removed the right turn signs and ground the lane markings off, making it a straight or turn lane.

At least now there is no confusion, and I most always take the detour around this section.

An update on the above intersection. Several weeks ago I emailed a complaint to the local Popo, they returned saying they would "look into it". I thought they would set up a traffic stop and gain some revenue from ticketing all the drivers blowing the mandatory right turn.

Instead they sent the DPW people out, removed the left turn signs and ground the lane markings off, making it a straight or turn lane.

At least now there is no confusion, and I most always take the detour around this section.

Gotta love that quick response!

Your lack of experience (with riding centered in the narrow lane the way JJ and I do) biases you to assume that incidence and intensity of road rage is directly proportional to distance from curb.

My experience tells me the distribution is more like this:
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That graph is the funniest thing I have ever seen on Bike Forums.

Sounds to me like you did everything right, including your response to Moron Cager in the F350. Some people just have to prove they are jerks to everyone they can.

I have had two altercations with drivers in as many days. The first I was riding to the right in the right lane on a major 4 lane artery. The early morning traffic isn't non stop but comes in waves, with spaces of calm between. During one of these "waves" a work truck pulled up on my rear and lays on his horn.
Without reading anymore...

This first encounter was not in any way your fault.

They know what the law is, but don't careThat could also describe you when you run red lights.