or since he was clear to pull up alongside, I'd have gone up further, at least to his front tire so he had to see you in your lane. But I don't like riding immediately next to any vehicle, even another bike, so I would have dropped back, expecting him to do exactly what he did or gone to the front.

As far as him showing his badge to 'pull rank' or intimidate, he's just another jerk on the road, but with a badge. Unfortunately, not the first one I've seen in action or read about.

 

Things done in haste are usually regretted in leisure. He could have run you off the road intentionally if he'd wanted to and likely gotten away with it.

Funny thing about riding a bike, it's given me a whole new perspective on driving as a "cager." When you're on the bike, you need to believe EVERYONE is out to run you over AND that you're invisible to the cagers. You almost get so you can predict what somebody is going to do by the way they speed up or slow down, how they hold their head and where they look... I don't trust a one of them and try to figure out what I'm going to do IF they do something radical & dangerous. It's when we get too relaxed and forget where we are and what we're doing that gets us in trouble. Oh, and it's a biggie, CONTROL YOUR TEMPER! 800 pounds (you) versus 4,000+/- pounds and YOU"LL lose every time.

 

sounds like road rage for both parties at a minimum and you know these things can end.

 

I'm confused - the woman who followed (stalked) your wife home got a ticket or your wife did?

The cops in WA State correctly consider someone flipping you off as exercising their right to free speech - aka the 1st Amendment.

 

if u stay behind them,its really hard for them to run u over!

 

Exactly.........................