Originally Posted by Doug64

I believe you can be angry without being fearful. In the OP's particular case I can't see the connection.

I had a Deputy Sheriff almost do the same thing to me. Several cars were stopped at a traffic signal, all of which just passed me, while I was riding in the bike lane. The Sheriff's patrol car was about the 3rd car back from the intersection. On the right was a convenience store with a large driveway opening on to the street. As I passed the stopped cars, still in the bike lane, the sheriff's car abruptly wheeled right into the convenience store's parking lot. I was almost beside him and had to lay my bike down to keep from getting hit or hitting the car. I was not fearful; I was plain pissed off, and if I could have gotten up quicker, I'd have let the deputy know how pissed I was. I asked a lady coming out of the parking lot if he had signaled his move, and she said, "no". She also said she thought that he had actually hit me.

I did call the sheriff's department's dispatcher, and was assured the incident would be discussed at the evenings debriefing.

I never thought that he was a moron or a redneck, just someone who had a bad lapse in judgement. Heck, I've never done anything stupid while driving