Originally Posted by o-dog

so I'm going down Mowatt Lane (25MPH winding campus road, one lane in each direction) at about 20-23MPH (don't have a computer so I can't tell for sure) today on the way to my parents house and I'm behind a pickup truck. the guy in the truck motions me to go around him. sure thing buddy, I'm keeping up with the general flow of traffic on a two-lane 25MPH road, the last thing I'm going to do is illegally pass a f'ing pickup truck. at the next stop sign he opens his back window and says "don't ride on my ass like that. it's not safe" huh? come again? I was a good 4-5 feet behind the guy, not that far behind, but certainly not in ass-riding territory either. maybe it looked like I was riding his ass in his rearview. he closes his window and I say whatever buddy, and stay behind him. we stop at the next stopsign and he doesn't go. traffic is piling up behind us and he refuses to go, and waves me around him again. about 5 seconds of this and I decide he's not going to go unless I pass him I start to go around him and he steps out of the car and says "don't ride on my ass like that" again. I'm not in the mood to argue so I say "whatever dude" and ride on.

did I do something wrong here or was this guy just being unreasonable? I've never had anyone else get pissed about this before and I was riding the way I normally ride in this kind of traffic, which is very lawful and VC. the guy had DC plates so maybe he's used to cyclists passing him on the left when he drives in the city.

oh and was in the center of the lane for anyone who cares.