You can't cure stupid and you'll drive yourself crazy trying. If you can prove intentional harassment or intent to inflict injury, call the cops, ditto if you are ever actually injured. Otherwise just let it go.

Yeah, I've seen my pretty hare-brained stuff around trucks. I used to drive a 5 ton cube and I found that I took a very different attitude when behind the wheel of that thing. Stuff that would enrage me in my car or on the bike just rolled off my back.

LOL .. there's such a love / hate relationship here in NYC with bikers and drivers! LOTS of yelling and more cursing LOL

its usually, drivers: Hey .. F you! .. Bikers: yeah, F you too! and everyone moves along .. and most of the times its vice-versa

Yea habs fans

I feel you guy!! Don't a commute go by that I don't do that "fast pump to catch" bit.. You are normal.

On my side, I need to stop doing that move, because I only weigh 135 lbs and can't fight my way out a paper bag!!

you will get better at coping. the drivers on your route will get used to you. a strobe on your left drop bar will help, I noticed more courtesy room since I added mine. keep in mind our challenge coping with bike rage includes our increased physical and chemical changes that may be different that a cager's. meaning we are all hopped up on adrenaline and endorphins that a threat to our life triggers a fierce reactions, and coping with that is a challenge. I remember once, during a kill-zone interaction with a buzz-by I was so charged that I did the rest of that zone including an uphill section in top gear and then proceeded to reach my highest commute max speed after turning off onto a gentle downward slope. if I had been given the opportunity for a face to face interaction I might have ripped the guys throat out. I've caught up to few drivers and given them a piece of my mind and it was never pretty. try to stay calm and use this line: "I have recorded your plate number and am going to report you to the local police dept." that usually calms them down :-)

be cool, not a fool

Part of my rage is precisely because I go out of my way to make sure I am visible,courteous,and predictable.I have blinkies front and rear,always on- even in daylight.I signal my intentions and follow the rules of the road.

Lots of good feedback here-particularly about reconsidering my route.I think 3 of 5 incidences have occured on the same 3 block stretch of a busy road where Im forced to take the left lane to turn.Maybe I can go around or use the crosswalk,but the stubborn side of me wants to assert my right to the road..lol.

I think alot of these drivers are ignorant to the laws regarding bikes.We need some PSA's on TV to inform the public or something.

Pretty much. A bunch of people tend to either forget the test material after passiing and obtaining their license or simply cherry pick the one's they care to observe. And motorists aren't the only ones doing so...

A lot of people just never learn it in the first place. I don't think there was a section on cycling rights in the Kentucky handbook/test.
PSAs would be a fair start though. Something should be done.