[island_dude]

I had a close encounter back a few months ago. It was the tail end of winter. There was a car broken down in the right lane just past a busy intersection. I was in the left lane on my bike and just about to pull up even with the broken down car. A bunch of other cars behind the breakdown were anxious to get over and be on their way. Some BI*CH in a SUV/Minivan decides that its her turn to get over even though I am sitting right there. Normally, I am pretty good about letting folks merge in front of me, except this day I notice that I am sitting on a patch of ice. I was not going to do anything to upset the bike and I was planning on skating past the glassy part to good pavement. When the BI*CH decides to occupy my lane I swerved to avid getting nailed. It was agressive and delibert. She pushed me into the oncoming lane of traffic, and fortunately for me I managed to get back over and not go down in the process. I was very ticked off. I pull along side of her at a light and she proceeded to give me a lecture on allowing other drivers to merge. I pointed out that her little move nearly cost me my life and that while sitting on a patch of ice I was not able to let her merge in front of me. None of this seem to impact her tiny brain. She honestly felt that she had the right of way and that she was justified in practically killing me. Sadly, this one got away scott free. I would have loved to have beat her sensless. With my luck, I would be the one getting raked over despite her obvious threat on my life.