Can we please not let this thread turn in to yet another bashfest of all things motorized. If you are a vehicular cyclist you have been treated rudely at the hands of someone driving a motor vehicle. If you are an adult, you have been treated rudely by another adult at some point in your life. The driver likely saw the cyclist, the driver likely misjudged the cyclists speed and assumed she could complete her turn before the cyclist got to the corner. Since the cyclist was the one overtaken it was incumbent on the cyclist to assume a possible right hook. The entire tone of the o.p. screams precious, entitled... pratling. That's what the phone operator got and that is what turned them from cooperative to dismissive. It's all in how you present yourself. That the o.p. knew the driver was female and got the license plate of the bus... ... that just strains credulity. Either the bus wasn't going that fast as to be really dangerous or the o.p. just likes to look for trouble. I urge them to seek anger management therapy or they might find themselves at Best Buy looking at helmet cameras. Spoiler alert: It doesn't end well. A helmet camera will turn you into a frothing nutbag deliberately riding into preventable accident situations in order to justify the horrendous financial outlay for two cameras, video editing software and the loss of all your free time examining video footage for corroboration of your legal contentions. You have been warned.

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