Woke up this morning and nearly went back to sleep... I could hear the wind left over from the thunderstorms and when I opened the garage door there was some lightning still around. So I thought this would be a good time to put on the pannier covers.

Not more than 10 minutes out the door, a pickup went past so close I could feel the wing mirror and exhaust. I shouted at the guy, more out of fear and surprise than anything else, who then swerved in front of me and skidded, trying to get me to hit him. He did that twice more before I managed to get out of his way and call the police. I couldn't believe it. Never had this before. I got his plate number and called the police again when I got to work. They had no record of me calling this morning, so I gave the information again.

All drivers information for Texas is on publicdata.com also, so that's handy, I can drop some educational material about sharing the road and aggressive driving in his mail box.

After I got over that, it was a nice commute, no rain, puddles had cleared up, lightning died down, wind was out of the east and not south. Nice change.

I do plan on getting a video camera now though.