Originally Posted by
GullyFoylesbike
After about a decade of bike commuting in both Chicago & Minneapolis/St. Paul, had what I would call my first really scary run in with a crazy driver today. Just riding down the road & I get honked at, so at least he let me know he was coming. As he passes he just swerves in to hit me. I was able to dodge most of it, so the bike is fine, I'm left with a sore wrist & hip.
Guy got stuck in traffic at a red right afterwards so I was able to get the license info to the police, but the car had been reported stolen the day before unfortunately. Haven't had that much adrenaline in a long time. Gonna ride in tomorrow nice & slow, take a different route as well.
Wow! Glad you came through (mostly) unscathed.
One thing that hopefully helps you relax at little: With the car being stolen, I would think odds of the driver coming down the same road at the same time again are low. I doubt the person stole the car just so they could commute to work every day.