I generally keep my cool while riding in traffic and shrug off jerks who honk or yell. However, yesterday a Honda pickup truck blew through a red light on my way home, almost hitting me. The light had been red for at least 15 seconds and he didn't slow down a bit, which is totally stupid because there is another traffic signal right after that one and it was already red.

I am pretty certain the same truck ran the same red light in front of me a few weeks ago; it was also a Honda truck and the same color. So I decided he needed some talking to. I made a left turn and pulled up beside his truck on the passenger side and pounded on the window. He was talking on his cell phone and ignored me a first, glanced at me and then turned away, all the while yapping on his phone. A woman who appeared to be his wife was sitting in the passenger seat and I didn't want to scare her to death. So I just hollered at the guy, "You just ran that red light. You're gonna kills someone." Then I rode on. I wished that I had snapped a photo of his license plate, but that would have taken too much time and put me at more risk with regard to traffic.

Jerks who run red lights really tick me off. I'm not talking about a light that changes right when a car reaches it, but cars that blatantly run through lights long after they turn. The guy was actually putting himself most at risk because he would have been broadsided on the driver's side if the timing had been a little different.