Hello all, I am a new commuter. I started a couple of weeks ago and so far everything has been going pretty good, especially since I live in the South, where the rednecks roam.

Anyway, this morning on my commute I was coming down an access road where the speed limit is 40 and I turn left onto a four lane road, which "T"s into the road that I'm on. As I approach the road I take the lane and signal that I'm turning left, as a pickup comes up to the "T" stop sign to turn left. I have a blinking white light on the front for visability and I know he saw me because he waited. But as I started to turn left in front of him, he decides to pull out in front of me almost causing me to slam into his side, luckily there wasn't anyone behind him so I turned real hard and went right behind him. I started cussing at him real loudly and I gave him the finger as I went behind him. I then noticed that his window was down, so I turned and screamed "F**k off!" as loud as I could, I know he heard me because I saw him turn and look directly at me.

Now my question is: did I do anything wrong? I signalled and everything. I know he saw me but he decided to pull out anyway, which I don't understand why someone would do that. Was I wrong for screaming at him? I know I lost my composure, but the guy could have hurt me and didn't seem to care. Why are people like this?

Is there anything to help prevent people from doing this to me or do I just need to get used to it?