Wow Ether you are really worked up over this. You say you cut folks slack- cut yourself some slack too (and your spouse). Maybe you will see this commuter again and you can tell him you feel bad about what happened.

This post is interesting to me. A lot of times motorists are pissed at me when I'm on my bike and I wish I understood why. Maybe I would modify my riding habits if I knew what it was that upset them.

Do any of you have "bike boxes" on your commutes? Basically where a bike lane terminates at an intersection and bikes pull left into "box" in front of cars but behind crosswalk?