I've had many run ins with cars, stuff thrown at me, people yelling. My worst commute was last January, I had to be in two places that day so I decided I would go to the second place early in the morning and get the work van from that site then go to the first place I had to be do my shift drive to the second place with said work van which I would leave at the end of my second shift and then go home on bike. So in order to do this I would have to leave at 5 AM, but hey I was pumped. I flat out, my kevlar tires were on order, my spare tube turns out to have a bad valve and I used my spare c 02 cartridge in the process. I go to tube number 2 which flats out a little down the road, its 530 AM I have to be to work at 6, its cold I dont have time to get home to get my car and I need to be at site number 2 with in 30 minutes of leaving site 1 and its 20 minutes away. I walked to work, ran home with a work van grabbed a cartidge and tube, raced home afterwork threw bike in garage and drove to work. My plan was ruined, I was pissed. I know its not as juicy as getting hit but its the worse I have had to deal with. I did get hit once though when I was 15, woman wasn't going to fast. But will never forget what she said to me "Its ok Im from Boston, this happens all the time there." Great lady Im gushing blood from my knee and Im supposed to feel better because people in Boston are old pros at running over bikes.