You must be either not as scared as I am, or your route is through much nicer areas...

I would never mess with someones car on my commute. much too dangerous consequences.

On my commute there's about 8 blocks that I travel down main street. On a summer evening it is not uncommon for a couple dozen guys to lean out of their windows and yell something. Most of the time I just do the smile + wave thing. They're just trying to have fun because they're pathetic and fail at life, so it's not my place to react violently or judge them.

However, when a driver threatens my well being with their poor driving skills I proceed to yell at them. Nothing violent or threatening, I simply tell them what they're doing wrong. Sometimes they yell insults at me to which I respond with a wave of the hand and a smile. However, sometimes they yell an apology. This always makes me feel good, knowing that not all bad drivers blame their bad driving on the things around them.

I know I really shouldn't be riding down one of the busiest roads in town during a high traffic time, but the road is just as much mine as it is theirs. I ride very defensively and make sure to keep out of their way as much as possible. Using these methods I've never been in an accident(knock on wood), and I can only hope that I've alerted at least a few people that they need to improve their driving skills.

Lst summer: Last intersection before work road widens to 4 lanes for turning & goes back to 2 just past the other side of the road. I'm i the right lane & a car in the left lane. Everyone likes to pull into the right lane & race to beat the guy in the left lane. Guy squeezes between me & the other car turns to me with usual get the f out of the road line. has his sunroof open. Now i'm 6'5" about 215, so I lean over & peer down at him & ask him"what'd you say"
No reply but once the light goes green he speeds off flippin me the bird.

next time spit into his car through the sunroof. I'll confess to spitting on a UPS truck that was parked in the bike lane.

& tell'em to keep the sunroof closed in the rain

I hardly get the flippin bird thing unless I give it to them first. Driver just assume that I don't know any better than to be where they thinK I should not be. Yes they do tend to be nicer to women over men. When I have all my hair tuck in behind under my helmet, wearing extra layer clothing, and they are behind me is when I do get comments about how to ride my bike on the road. They assume I was a guy from initial contact. Usually I smile and they just grin and backoff. If I do birdie them, they will birdie me back with the good old tune of "F you B**ch. Road rage or bike rage???? Doesn't matter but gotta love it. LOL