Ok...I suppose it is in the realm of possibility that a motorist could offer me some actual useful information. I stand corrected.

Having never encountered anything remotely close to that, it seemed beyond the scope of ordinary motorist behavior.

I'll add here that I've been seldom yelled at, so I'm not nurturing a grudge from an endless parade of verbally abusive cagers. However, the three times a motorist has chosen to verbally interact with me, it has always involved unprintable invective, unintelligible words screamed in a redneck drawl, or words intended as slurs involving just what a bicycle means re; ones sexual orientation.

But, most motorists I've found are just incredibly confused at seeing a bicycle on the road, and are giving me a wide berth, or generally making life hard for me by attempting to wave me through intersections/situations where they and others have the right of way.

Perhaps they're afraid that one false move on either of our parts will result in a vehicular homicide lawsuit.

Oh well. If they don't understand my place on the road, I'll let fear and confusion substitute for knowledge if it gives me a safe bubble.