.. in the right turn lane, waiting for either a gap in traffic or the light to change. I roll forward into the crosswalk so I can see oncoming, and do a foot-down stop. There is no gap forthcoming for the right-on-red, so I wait.

The crossing guard who had been quietly standing 6 feet to my right starts yelling at me to get out of the way.

At first I thought there was a pedestrian walking across that I hadn't noticed... nope... or maybe he was busting me for a bit of a rolling stop (trackstand) at the stripe before the crosswalk. Nope again.

He's yelling at me to get out of the way of the car lined up behind me (who had been quietly waiting her turn). He identifies himself as an employee of the Toronto Police department, and screams that I'm "blocking the intersection".

You know.... by stopping at a red light.

He then starts waving the car behind me to turn. Which confuses her a bit since I'm somewhat in the way.

The best comeback I could come up with was "You're making up traffic laws and you're a threat to public safety" as I got going. Pretty weak, I know.

I've been on this route since last July. I'm pretty sure I've passed him hundreds of times before, and I'm trying to figure out if this is the same guy who used to say "good morning" as I executed the exact same turning movement on a daily basis.

Maybe they changed from a friendly old guy to an angry old guy when I wasn't paying attention.