This morning was pretty chilly, just above freezing. Got a good early start though, at 0430 there is little traffic on my way in, so usually I can hear it coming from litereally a mile off. Often int he morning I cannot see headlights in any direction. Anyway, I was in my bike lane about 2 miles into my ride, in an area that wasnt directly lit but not too dark either. I have a night rider headlight that is very bright. about 50 yards ahead of me a car pulls up to the street I am on and stops before entering the street. I figure he is waiting for me to pass him then he will pull out. It was literally me and him and I seen no other movement. As I get up to him, like a few feet away he takes off, I mean he floors it. Fourtuanly it is a POS, I had to make a hard left into the street from the bike lane, and still came within a foot of getting hit, he did exactly what he woudl do if he was trying to hit me. If I had not made that hard left out into the street when I did I would have hit about center his hood. I cussed at him pretty good and creatively, I am still not sure if he heard me or not, but it was artistic. There is only 2 explanations I can think of. 1) he stopped to light a cigarette, looked for cars, did not see me because I was close and he was looking for headlights on autos. OR 2) he was trying to run over me.

The rest of the ride was fast, kinda pumped up. By the time I got to work it was a pretty nice ride.