I've put up with drivers yelling, honking, right-hooking, passing too close, etc., but today was a first. I'm riding to work on my usual route, which passes through an area with normally light traffic that has been complicated by an on-going construction project. As I approach the construction site, there is a truck waiting to pull out in traffic. As I get close, the truck pulls out right in front of me to cross the road, forcing me to hit my brakes. I throw up my arms and yell something like "watch out." Then I get the double whammy. It's a watering truck used to keep dust down on construction sites, and the driver turns on his water sprayers and totally soaks me.

Now, I'm really PO'd, so I pull over and get out my cell phone to take a picture of the truck. The driver stops and hops out, and I'm expecting trouble. Instead, he walks over and appears to be genuinely sorry. He apologizes over and over, saying he never saw me, and didn't mean to spray me. Said he would never intentionally spray someone, and looked both ways before pulling out and never saw me. I'm skeptical because I'm wearing my usual neon yellow jersey with a headlight blazing, but he seems sincere. He's either telling the truth or a very good liar. I put away my camera phone and told him to look more carefully next time.

Ironically, I was thinking as I rode in that the weather couldn't be more humid, but I found out otherwise.