Pickup trucks are literally the worst. However, if he wanted to hurt you, he could have and would have. This guy is just a jerk. Ignore him and carry on.

However, the cameras are great. If it happens again and again, I wouldn't be opposed to building a case against this driver that the authorities couldn't ignore.

bike rage can be a real deterrent if you are willing to play the game. i seen guys Ulock a car and i seen moto guys spike a cager but all heaven is going to come down if the car guy really wants to mix it up but surprisingly it has been the car guy who speeds away in my instances so all in all you probably did best by reporting it here on A&S so that all of us guys with no wheels at risk can tell you what you oughta do and you can keep on bikeN in your own way

I'm sure the indigenous population of Canada probably would have something to say about the guy in the truck believing he had any more right to be in Canada than You or any other.

Exactly what I did. This is the reason I ride with cameras when riding solo.

I've reported drivers on the county police non-emergency line. Twice a deputy has called back. One went and talked to the driver. The other was very interested in what I saw. Truck belonged to a woman but was driven by her boyfriend; currently under a no-contact order and banned from using the truck. Did I note whether the driver was male of female? Sadly, I was so focused on the license number I had to say no. Deputy said then she couldn't take action but this call and incident would go into his folder.

That first incident was an intentional very close pass by a farm truck that then turned into his farm. Road was a popular cycling route. I'm guessing that chat with the deputy had some effect for the benefit of future riders.

The pass certainly looks much too close and I'm sure the driver broke a law by being that close. I think most jurisdictions have minimum distance laws when passing cyclists. However, since that road doesn't have a shoulder or bike lane, and is actually marked as a sharrow, I'd have been right in the middle of that lane. I try to avoid giving drivers any chance to pass too close.

Again, it's always everyone's responsibility to keep things safe. If a driver cannot pass safely, they just have to slow and wait. Simple as that.

Something I find funny is the drivers who choose to pass me a bit closer than needed, just to avoid crossing a double yellow. Like the traffic gods or going to smite them and it's worth risking my life so they don't contact the magical double yellow paint barrier force field.

Hey, I drive a pickup. So watch it bub! <grin>

Here I don't find that drivers of pickups or cars are any different. There are a few bad ones in both categories. Thankfully few of them here.

Since you have the plates, maybe contact your insurance company (assuming you have one for a car). They can do a reverse-lookup and send the evidence to the offender's insurance company. They might want to think twice about having him as a customer, or perhaps charge him more, since he clearly is a risk.

So you can do nothing, and maybe the driver keeps doing it until the day the cyclist swerves for squirrel and is killed by him. And that driver is not the kind who will stop.

Or you can do something, and maybe risk retaliation by someone who is clearly an a-hole, filled with hate on several different levels. Maybe he would run you down just for reporting this to his insurance, or giving him the finger.

That's why I would go nuclear - restraining order, report the incident as a hate crime, send the restraining order and anything else to the guy's boss and tell the police that you fear for your life. Crush him so he knows everyone is watching him and he can't do anything.

You do you. I’ll do me. A report has already been file. That’s the extent to which I go with regard to these incidents, as stated in OP. I may end up showing the police the video if the wind takes me that way. Or I may not.

Obsessing over means and ways in which I can get back at this guy is counterproductive and a waste of my time. Commiserating with fellow cyclist is a good way to alleviate some of the anxiety of dealing with motorists.

If it was close, then you were too far from the curb. Wide lane and his left wheels are only a few inches to the line.
I was closer than that to a vacuum tanker my last ride. Edge of the city one lane beside an island, he could of slowed for 10 secs.

I'm not advocating for revenge, but preventative surgery.

I just wonder if you'll be bothered if you find out he ended up hurting someone else down the line.

Too far from the curb? The truck was passing, and in passing had plenty of empty oncoming lane to move into. The OP wasn't biking on a freeway.

You again, huh? You are extremely dense judging from this and other posts in the past. Did you even bother to read the OP? Empty road, wide lanes, also left-turning lane adjacent to through lane. More than enough room for him to move over, but he was determined to not move over. Even said so. Do you really think that if I was closer to the curb he wouldn't move closer to the curb accordingly? If you were closer than that you would have been road kill. Stop your BS already. You are back on my ignore list.

You can say this about a lot of things that happen in this world. It's not my job to save everyone. I don't have a hero complex.

I don't think calling the police makes anyone a hero. It is just good civics.

BUT:
I'm sorry this happened to you. It sucks on numerous levels and upsets me on your behalf. I hope that's the last you see of this guy.

In my experience, some jerks do stick around, but the majority don't. They are the coworkers that get fired. The neighbors that get divorced and leave. The business owners that don't make it. The drunks pulled over in DUI crackdowns. The quitters from every other civilized activity.

Absolutely wrong.

If a motor vehicle can't pass by going into the other lane, whether fully or partially, then they shouldn't pass.

No one should have to hug the curb. IMO, that increases their danger by not having enough room for their own safety even if no other vehicles were around. All hugging the curb does is give a opportunity for vehicles to try and pass you in the same lane while other vehicles, oncoming or going the same way on multi lane roads. And when they do that, they will be too close for safety.

I never give any traffic behind me room to pass in the same lane. It's worked well since I was a small kid riding my bike to school.

It doesn't.

My A-hole of the day award goes to a full size Chivy or GMC driver about 90% of the time. Some kind of Dale Earnhardt complex. There's a higher likelihood that I will be better equipped and better trained than the driver.

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I never give any traffic behind me room to pass in the same lane. It's worked well since I was a small kid riding my bike to school.[/QUOTE]
Thats dumb

Why is it dumb?

People see something in front of them. They slow down or pass.

To believe that every car is your enemy and means you harm is dumb.

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Theres mostly more than enough room in a lane for a car and a bike.

Not really. Many states now require motor vehicles to pass no less than 3 feet from a cyclist. Some 4 feet. With the distance needed for safety to the right of the cyclist, there isn't enough room for a car to get by entirely in the same lane.

15 years ago, I didn't realize how close I was riding to the right and a small motor vehicle tried to squeeze between me and on coming traffic on the Natchez Trace. I almost got taken out by the boat trailer they were pulling that was at least a foot wider on both sides than the car. I felt it brush by my leg.

Probably just the disturbed air. Still, it's the closest I've come to having a crash with or because of a motor vehicle. Drivers of cars and trucks are not looking to run us over.

I don’t ride in the gutter myself. I’ll take the lane when necessary so the motorist can see me so evasive action isn’t necessary.

When its time I’ll move over far enough so he can proceed safely, in our lane. The key is to be seen. Back country roads with twists and turns can be quite dangerous.

I’ve been hit twice. Both times I was lucky.