Originally Posted by
shubonker
So i'm riding home today and i see a bus closing its doors in front of me about 20 yards away. He doesn't signal and starts going into the middle lane REALLY slow because its a red light (its a 3 lane st). As he's about half way pass the right lane i begin passing him at about 25mph and and hes starts honking away at me even after i've passed him. I counted maybe 10-15 honks.
I drive for King County Metro in Seattle. For what it's worth, he shouldn't have honked at you and he should have definitely signaled coming out of the zone. I don't know the law where you live, but in Washington State cars are required to yield to a bus coming out of a bus zone.
If I were in his position I would have signaled and waited for you to yield. You yield, I pull out and usually flash my 4-ways to thank you. No yield - fine, you're breaking the law, but I'm not going to force the issue and endanger your life.
Again - that's the law in Washington. I suspect it is similiar in many areas of the country.