It's scary that somebody that stupid is answering a complaint from a citizen. I wonder what her response would be if you pointed out that somebody that reckless was in charge of the safe transport of school children each day.

I had a similar situation happen to me but got a completely different response when I called to complain. The guy I talked to wanted details and told me he could tell by the gps on the bus what driver it was and that he would deal with them and assured me it would never happen again. Of course I never had any way of verifying that he followed up, but he sure sounded sincere and put out with the driver.

In my case it was obvious the driver saw me because he/she had to swerve partially out of our lane to get past me. I still don't understand what is going on in the pea brain of a driver who does that. Since it is so close so as to be a hazard when making the turn, there is hardly but a few seconds that would be lost just to wait for the cyclist to clear the intersection before turning right.

Oh well. Glad you are reporting a near miss and not your obituary.