Re: Driver of bus #5634, apx. 7:30 a.m., 6/3/04, on First Street between Third and Second.

When I was on a bicycle in the second to left lane of First Street (moving over to the far left lane, where I needed to be in half a block to make a left turn), one of your buses pulled through a stop sign out from the alley directly in Second of me. I had to quickly move over 2 lanes to avoid hitting the bus or having the bus hitting me. The driver eventually stopped in the middle of the intersection of the alley and First Street.

I was wearing a bright red shirt. My bike was red with bright yellow saddle bags. There was no excuse not to see me.

I do not know what bus line it was, but "5635" was the number of the bus. The driver was an older white man with a gray beard.

Normally, your drivers are some of the courteous on the road toward cyclists. I wish all drivers were as good as yours. But this driver was the exception.