Almost got sandwiched by two cagers today! Accelerating from a stop light on a one-way/3 lane street. I'm in the far left lane approaching a turn at the end of the block. The cager behind me is riding my bum. As i approach a curb-cut blind driveway another cager pulls, out heading the wrong way directly in front of me. This driver was doing one of those rolling pull outs, since he was looking to his left thinking traffic might be coming from that direction, when in fact 3 lanes of accelerating traffic was coming from his right! I had to fishtail it onto the sidewalk, and the cager behind me had to lock his brakes to stop only about 3 feet from the front bumper of the car facing the wrong way (where i previously was)! I would have been smooshed had i not jumped out of the way.

This is the best part. Immediately afterwards, i was kinda shaken and happy to be alive, meanwhile the cager behind me is giving the wrong way driver an earfull. I just gave the wrong way'er that "you're an idiot" look and moved on, a little to shaken to get mad. About a block away i was thinking how the guy behind me, who was riding my bum, probably thought he did nothing wrong. From my point of view, had i been crushed, it would have been 50% his fault. Either way, I'm sure the wrong way driver felt like a freakin' idiot being looked at like an idiot by a cyclist, and chastised by a driver.

Gotta stay on your toes folks!