Sorry for this - it's a long rant! (thought it best to warn you folks ahead of time..)

Why? How come 99/100 of bus drivers have no problem with me using a particular stretch of road (and not the pitiful bike path) and this guy feels the need to shout and scream.

Riding along, I hear a beep behind me and look over my shoulder to see a bus 50 yards behind. Until I hear a second beep and look again to see the bus closed up to perhaps 25 yards I wasn't 100% sure this was aimed at me. Eventualy he is right behind and blows again. At this point, busses have passed me safely without problems many times before. About 100 yards further on there is loads of room and I put my hand up to say thanks for waiting and then wave him past.

He doesn't accelerate past so I wave again, only to realise that the driver is inching past so that he can shout at me in an agressive manner to get off the road and over onto the bike path (which I am by no means obliged to use). I shout back that "I have a right to the road too mate" - and manage to keep a lid on my temper and avoid abusive language (something of a surprise to me at the time). As he finally passes and gets the whole ordeal over with (oh, perhaps 20 whole seconds of mild inconveniance) I see that the bus is completely empty.

So this *individual* thinks that all that is required is a quick "toot" as he approaches slow moving traffic and it will graciously stand aside and wave him through, cap off, with a happy smile

Unfortunately I forgot to take his number. I almost caught up further down the road, but he escaped my clutches. This "chase" was a really good anger management workout though.

Again, apologies for the long post,

Cheers,

Ed