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I finish work this morning, and stop off to grab some groceries. As I leave the store, I have to make a left turn at an intersection. While I'm waiting for the light to change, this fucking ham doctor on a brand new yet badly dinged up BMW sport motorcycle comes up behind me... and keeps edgeing closer...and closer, to the point where his front wheel actually makes contact with my leg. 
I shoot him a nasty glare, and visibly pick up my grocery laden bike to move it over a foot or so. The light changes, and douchehat cuts me off, passing me on the inside, in an intersection, during a left-hand turn.
As it happens, our paths intersected for about 15 blocks or so, during which time I observed him make a minimum if 12 illegal maneuvers, including speeding, passing cars across a double yellow line, and passing a truck on the right, by driving in the bycicle lane. and not once at any point did he ever use a signal light, nor did I ever see him turn his head to check his blind spots.
My annoyance is tempered only by my amusement at the fact that he caught every single red light, and at each one of them I caught up to him on my bicycle, grocery bags et al. to shoot him another nasty look.
(Interlude for beer, pizza & sleep)
I'm on my way back into work, and traffic is remarkably light for 11pm on a Saturday. I approach a red light, at which a tour-group shuttle bus is waiting. I decide to stop a car length behind, instead of pulling right up beside him, not only because it's safer, but because he's got both his right-side wheels a good foot and a half into the bike lane.
The light changes, and we both proceed. Note here that the speed limit is 50km/h. I tend to average about 30 on my bike, this guy is going maybe 15 tops. So I'm going twice his speed, and hug the right side of the bike lane to overtake him. Just as my body is about even with his rear wheels, he cuts sharply to the right, completely cutting me off. I hit the brakes hard and narrowly avoid getting slammed. I'd swear he did it on purpose, except I know he didn't check his side-view mirror, because I could clearly see him in it.
This particular ham doctor is now driving with his driver-side wheels in a traffic lane, his passenger side wheels going through empty parking spaces, and his bus centered perfectly over the bicycle lane.
Checking around, traffic is otherwise clear, so I signal and pull into the passing lane to overtake him..... and he drifts from driving through parking spots across 2 lanes to the center line.
At this point I'm almost at work, so I give up and drop down to less than half speed, staying behind him for 2 more blocks, entertaining myself with thoughts of unspeakable violence until I reach my hotel, with thankfully was not also his destination.
I shoot him a nasty glare, and visibly pick up my grocery laden bike to move it over a foot or so. The light changes, and douchehat cuts me off, passing me on the inside, in an intersection, during a left-hand turn.
As it happens, our paths intersected for about 15 blocks or so, during which time I observed him make a minimum if 12 illegal maneuvers, including speeding, passing cars across a double yellow line, and passing a truck on the right, by driving in the bycicle lane. and not once at any point did he ever use a signal light, nor did I ever see him turn his head to check his blind spots.
My annoyance is tempered only by my amusement at the fact that he caught every single red light, and at each one of them I caught up to him on my bicycle, grocery bags et al. to shoot him another nasty look.
(Interlude for beer, pizza & sleep)
I'm on my way back into work, and traffic is remarkably light for 11pm on a Saturday. I approach a red light, at which a tour-group shuttle bus is waiting. I decide to stop a car length behind, instead of pulling right up beside him, not only because it's safer, but because he's got both his right-side wheels a good foot and a half into the bike lane.
The light changes, and we both proceed. Note here that the speed limit is 50km/h. I tend to average about 30 on my bike, this guy is going maybe 15 tops. So I'm going twice his speed, and hug the right side of the bike lane to overtake him. Just as my body is about even with his rear wheels, he cuts sharply to the right, completely cutting me off. I hit the brakes hard and narrowly avoid getting slammed. I'd swear he did it on purpose, except I know he didn't check his side-view mirror, because I could clearly see him in it.
This particular ham doctor is now driving with his driver-side wheels in a traffic lane, his passenger side wheels going through empty parking spaces, and his bus centered perfectly over the bicycle lane.
Checking around, traffic is otherwise clear, so I signal and pull into the passing lane to overtake him..... and he drifts from driving through parking spots across 2 lanes to the center line.
At this point I'm almost at work, so I give up and drop down to less than half speed, staying behind him for 2 more blocks, entertaining myself with thoughts of unspeakable violence until I reach my hotel, with thankfully was not also his destination.
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