I was passed on the right while in a bike line few days ago, by one of those angry idiots in a pimped up Civic, he drove through the parking spaces. It's extremely rare in NYC from my experience. The funny thing is that the drivers ahead saw this and didn't want to let him back in for most of the block. He gained nothing basically, I looked at him and laughed when passing him later.

When people bring Darwinism up, they often forget that these idiots often hurt and kill perfectly normal folks and often get away unharmed. Leaving them up to natural selection won't cure the problem. Tougher laws, enforcement and penalties will. However, considering, I was nearly right hooked this morning by a NYPD Police car that turned in front of me without signaling that is unlikely to happen. We're left to our own devices. So the best course of action is defensive riding, paying attention and avoiding dangers, don't try to prove anything and avoid aggravating the idiots. I don't want to take my chances against few tons of metal, no matter who's at fault.

And speaking of getting a license in USA, yeah, it's ridiculously easy. This will never change though because the industry lobbyist are running rampant here and they want as many consumers licensed as possible for obvious reasons. If getting license was as hard as in some European countries, majority of Americans would never get a license and that would be bad for the industry. So few thousands of casualties per year are a less important than having the industry happy.

Adam