Scary. Glad you are all right.

I also had my first near-death experience this past week. After a year-long hiatus from commuting, I started again about a month ago. So, I was riding along a 4-lane (2 lanes each way) not-to-busy, city street. I hear a car behind me and look back to see the driver move from my lane to the inside lane to avoid me. As they drive by (two younger guys), the one in the passenger seat hollers something undecipherable out the window and gives me the thumbs-up. So, I'm trying to figure out whether they were being obnoxious or if they were sincerely supporting cycling, when this woman turns left right in front of me. I slam on the brakes and slide on some gravel and my bike comes to a stop inches away from the back of her car. I actually hit her car with my hand to stop my momentum, but she didn't even stop. She briefly braked, but then just went right on. Hmmph!