For a minute I thought you were in Greenville, NC... I was like "I totally know that guy!!" But apparently we live in different Greenvilles... which both apparently have Altamont Rd's. Twilight Zone, man...

I agree a bit with 10 Wheels. Flipping the bird, whether to stick up for rights or not, probably just escalated the situation. In my town, I have to ride with rednecks in pick em up trucks, white kids in denial in Mustangs and rice burners, and hood rich hoopties on hydraulics.... all who think they live in some twisted version of GTA where cyclists are 200 pts and if the bike is expensive, it's a 1UP. To me, if they're being dipthongs like that... it's easier for me to just let them be dipthongs. Greenville, NC is somewhat slim on bike lanes, and when I take my long distance rides, the country roads weren't made with cyclists in mind. If they want to drive behind me and honk... I just let them honk while I wave them through. If it's that bad, I'll just let them honk and yell until I get to a place where I can let them by. I stay as far right as I can, but if they want to pitch a fuss, then meh. If I give them the finger, that is just asking for the situation to get worse.

I mean, the dude wasn't any less of a hockey puck for running you down. And I agree he belongs in the prison from Oz. Just saying.... maybe the finger wasn't so hot an idea.