Incidents from the last week or so:

A sheriff buzzed me. That was sweet.

On Thursday there was a major accident along my route home. A sheriff (I wondered if it was the same guy...) was diverting all traffic onto the local highway, on which I can't legally ride. He laughed when I asked if I could ride on and then let me go. I had the entire road to myself for about .25 miles, then came to a LOOOONG line of backed-up traffic. Normally I don't pass cars stopped at a light, but this was too tempting. I passed them all, then cut through between two stopped cars to get in the left-turn lane, and rode on. I was thinking, "See ya, suckas!" I wonder how many of them were thinking, "Maybe I should ride my bike....."

This morning a lady honked at me when were both stopped at a red light waiting to turn right. I turned around to give her The Look, and she waved me off to the right (which I ignored--it's a dang red light! Not that I'd have moved for her regardless).

People really don't get it. If I'm riding in the middle of a lane, there's a damn good reason for it, and no amount of yelling, honking, screaming, engine-gunning or other intimidation is going to make me move. If you want to pass me, use the other lane!