What "popping in and out"? I never said I do that. I ride to the left the lane. Most parked cars go out of their way to not be brushed by the mirrors or wide trailers of passing traffic. Some go as far as to put a pair of wheels up on the sidewalk in order to get even further to the right than the curb allows. There is plenty of room to pass them without "popping" into the traffic lane and back again.

But, my point is, and remains, that it was the lane center placement of the bicycle in the travel lane that elicited outrage. I'm not going to argue this. There wasn't any need for it, especially as there was a mostly clear bus lane alongside. Being FRAP in the travel lane would not have been any great inconvenience. As was said, the driver was punished because his behavior was beyond the pale.

My father was once involved in a fender bender with a pretty young woman. My father was right, the woman was wrong, the cop admitted it. Told the woman she was wrong, but told my father in front of her that he didn't like my fathers attitude. The cop threw the book at my dad, wrote him a couple of tickets, and in general humiliated him in front of the woman. To cap off the performance, he let her go, scot free without providing any contact information. Maybe the officer called her up later for a date, maybe he didn't, but just because things work out for someone in connection with LEO proceedings, or even court proceedings, I don't automatically accept as proof of innocence or even of wrongdoing.