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Old 04-12-05 | 12:25 PM
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ch9862
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From: Falls Church, VA
Well... On the way in I was in the middle of right lane of a 3 lane street, passing a long bus bay (crammed with buses and taxis). Half way through it I saw a bus begin to inch into my lane, so I moved towards the left edge, expecting the driver to see me and stop. He hadn't. He hadn't even checked his left mirror, I could see his profile in it - he was concerned with something on his right! I stole a quick glance to my left, and not seeing anything next to me, I proceeded to change lanes. Left edge of his front bumper got into the middle lane (the one I just changed into) as I was next to the middle section of the bus, forcing me into the middle of the lane. It all happened very quickly, but when I got into the middle of the lane, not having a clue what's behind me, I was horrified - I was sure something was going to hit me momentarily. I kept braking (not too hard) during these few seconds, and the bus pulled into the right lane and ahead. I got back into the right lane OK (having checked what's behind me first). I looked at his license plate and considered chasing him, but he crossed the intersection when light was changing to red, so I turned right and continued my commute. When I got to work and cooled down, I thought it wasn't worth pursuing it.

On my way back, I was in the right side of the right lane, just before an on ramp from a gas station. I saw several cars merge in front of me, slowed down, looked to my right to see if there are any more trying to enter the road. I saw a car driving slowly some two car lengths behind me, so I kept riding straight, preparing to cross in front of him. Before I could say 'f**k me', the guy blew by me at high speed. His right tires were on the shoulder, and he barely cleared the barrier to his right.

Other than that it's getting really warm - it was around 30ºC (85F) in the afternoon.

Phew,
Pawel
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