Kind of an odd commute today. Two incidents to report: 1.) I was in the right lane of a road with two lanes each way and left turn median. I had to turn left. I saw two sets of headlights behind me, the first one was too close so I waited for him to pass, and when he was by, I moved to the left lane; the second vehicle was WAY far back. By the time I changed lanes, all of a sudden the second vehicle was on my tail. Must have been doing 60 in a 35 zone. WTF... Then I moved to the left turn lane and he zoomed by me. It was a cop and I think he was getting ready to pull over the first vehicle. Whoa. If he had been doing anything close to the speed limit, he would have never come that close to me before I made my turn.

2.) Similar setup. I'm in the right lane. There's a vehicle in the left lane behind me. There's a pickup ahead, waiting at the median to complete a left turn into the road in my direction. Apparently he's waiting for me to go by. He waits. He waits. Finally, he gets tired of waiting and pulls out into the left lane, right in the path of the other vehicle behind me, who had to hit her brakes pretty hard to avoid rear-ending him. She gave him a blast of her horn. A quarter mile up, she and I both turn right into the parking lot at work while the pickup zoomed by, honking at us as we both turned into the parking lot.

This, you see, is why motorists hate bicycles. They make bad decisions, don't want to be held culpable and need someone to blame it on.