Originally Posted by
EKW in DC
Did have one guy pass me uncomfortably closely near my house. I had my PB Super Flash plus one other blinkie on so there's no reason he should not have seen me. In situations like this I don't know what to think. Either the guy was being a dick, or he was multitasking at the wheel and didn't see me b/c he wasn't looking. I'd probably actually prefer the former because at least then I know they're watching where they're going and probably not actually going to hit me. If they're not paying attention, OTOH, who knows what could happen?
There is one other possibility; they have no real sense of 'how close is too close' -- I feel like I can usually tell when someone is trying to be a jerk. But I notice that with some vehicles (esp. school buses from small schools) they really have no sense of how close they are to the right-hand side of the road.