Originally Posted by AlmostTrick

Riding a narrow section of my commute home last night I had quite a scare. I was centered in the lane (only one lane in each direction) when a large SUV came up behind me at normal slow speed. Once it was close, (maybe two car lengths behind) I hear the driver hit the gas hard and see him/her closing in quickly without moving left in my mirror! I thought for sure I was going to be hit, and had no time to even move out of the way. I did manage to yell loud and threw out my left hand in a stop signal on pure instinct. I heard the trucks tires gripping the pavement as the driver braked hard. He/she then stayed behind me safely for the next 20 seconds or so until they turned, with no further issues. I could see it was a white Chevy Tahoe with no front plate, but did not turn to see the driver. I did not stop or confront the driver in any way.

I doubt it was an issue of the driver not seeing me because I was wearing a hi vis safety vest, running a Super flash blinkie and had the sun to my back. Plus, the punching of the throttle at the last second made it suspiciously seem like the driver just wanted to scare me. He did a good job of it!

Looking back at the incident, I wonder if I should have done anything different before or after. What do you think?