Originally Posted by
sbslider
Thanks, me too. My "downtown" is nothing like a real big city. Everything here is more suburbs of LA than anything. I am actually more cautious in the high density areas, just because there are so many other things for drivers to look at. Where I was today, there is really no distractions, just an open field on one side, and hedges blocking the airport on the other side.
A cell phone could provide sufficient distraction for a driver to do what happened. Have you read
The Art of Urban Cycling? You probably already know most of this, but it's a good read just to remind yourself of what can/will happen.
For myself in your situation, I might have let the bus stay ahead of me rather than be concerned about staying fast enough so he won't run me down. (But then I can't do 23mph either ...)