Hello Amber! And hope the foot is OK, DataJunkie.

Bit cooler today; was overcast after some really hot, sunny mornings.

My ride was pretty uneventful (although I got passed - twice! What's that all about? No-one passes me!), although I did witness another cyclist giving a bus driver a good earful.

The bus was stopped at a bus stop, with his left indicator on. Traffic was passing by - it's a two lane road. Just after the bus is a small side turning - I was actually waiting to pull out from that turning.

A cyclist comes past the bus, indicating left. Just as he kind of gets up to the bus, the bus indicates right and pulls away. I can't be entirely sure if the cyclist had actually drawn level with the back of the bus when the bus started moving or not; one thing I am sure about is that the bus kind of went from indicating it was pulled in to indicating out and moving pretty much instantly.

Or course, this meant the bus started to block the turn the cyclist was trying to make. The cyclist kind of took on the bus though, shouting as he went, half pulling in front of it - basically determined to make the turn in front of the bus. In the end the bus stopped moving, and the cyclist pulled in front of him, shouted at the driver for a little while about using his mirrors (with suitable colourful phrases), and made a big show of taking the bus license plate.

I'm not entirely sure the bus driver was totally in the wrong. The highway code says to allow buses to pull out, and he night have thought the cyclist's turn signal was indicating a lane change, rather than a turn. Then again, gven that it was a bit unclear, the bus driver probably shouldn't have started moving until the situation was clear. It just struck me as just one of those slightly awkward incidents that happens on the road from time to time. Either way, I'm doubly convinced that shouting at drivers is pointless. I have no doubt at all that the bus driver is convinced he was in the right, and now hates cyclists even more. And the cyclist, rather than quietly taking evasive action to avoid the situation and then feeling good about being alert to others and riding defensively worked himself up into a froth that will probably spoil his day.

Ho hum. Stay safe out there people, and perhaps try to stay calm too!