People just seem to be acting crazier lately. Riding home last Thursday, I was riding through a construction zone right behind the car in front of me. From behind I hear someone yelling "Get the F*%^ off the street!" I look back at a car full of teenagers, and yes, he was yelling at me. So although if I had not been on the road they would've just been stuck behind the car in front of me, he was enraged enough to yell at me. It's a helpless feeling when a huge car with an angry driver is behind you and you really have no place to go. Their windows were down so I couldn't resist when they got into the left turn lane at the next light and I was going straight, and I hollered that they should be yelling at the cones or the stoplights. I wasn't holding them up. Then, this morning, a car pulled around to pass me near an intersection, then immediately turned right directly in front of me. I can't understand risking someone's life to save 3 seconds. My favorite story of stupidity actually happened to my wife. She was riding when a truck marked with the logo of a local air conditioning company pulled beside her and the passenger made some disgusting comments and an obscene gesture with his tongue at her. It really freaked her out, but the company's name and phone number were right on the side of the truck. I hope they fired that jerk.

I once read about a program (maybe somewhere in Michigan) where bicyclists and pedestrians could report idiotic behavior by motorists, and the motorist would be sent a letter in the mail with some highlights of laws and rules for sharing the road.