After climbing out of the parking lot coming home, I realized that my bit of extra cable on the front derailer was rubbing my rear tire while on the large chainring (got smushed by the lock at work, I guess). After a mile or so I almost always catch a light at a fairly main intersection--three lanes; left is left-only, center is left/through traffic (straight onto the U of MD campus), and right is through/right-only.

I'm third in line at the light in the center lane (I take a left here onto a spacious bike lane that runs along a two-lane divided arterial) and have my left foot down whilst noodling the cable out a little when this dolt driving a commuter bus pulls up behind me but angling into the right lane--effectively blocking both right and center lanes behind me.

I give him my best WTF!? look as he starts babbling about how I'm not supposed to be "out here" in the middle of the road. Still taken aback and somewhat irritated, I asked him if he knew anything about state law. Nodding emphatically, he said, "Oh yeah, I know the law." (professional driver and all that, I guess)

I said, "Well, you better read it again."

He replied, "But you ain't got no motor--no way you can keep up!"

"I don't have to!"

After a comical 'yes you do, no I don't sequence,' I finally said, "Well, when you get a badge come talk to me."

After that one, getting buzzed by a bonehead in a BMW was small potatoes. Sheesh! I love commuting, but the behavior and competence of some motorists often leaves me worried about the future of our society...