Driver Harassing Cyclist 6/10/20

Pulled up rapidly behind me, honked at me, then pulled into his home immediatly after. If you turn the volume up you can hear me educating him that when there is no bike lane, then it is my lane. He swore and flipped me off, and tried to start a fight. As a left another driver pulled up next to me and said he had witnessed the harassment and offered to help.

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So he honked at you just because he had to drive behind a cyclist for 7-8 seconds before pulling into his yard? Seriously...
*He swore and flipped me off, and tried to start a fight.* And that is the typical trait of a trollish character. No reason, intellect or understanding, but just feelings and selfishness.
*If you turn the volume up you can hear me educating him that when there is no bike lane, then it is my lane.* Indeed. But even when there is a bike lane present, cyclists in the US are not obliged to use it in every circumstances. Here is some info about this fact:
*“Why weren’t you in the bike lane?”*
Many of the reasons we avoid bike lanes are not visible or apparent to a person in a car. Of course, if a bike lane provides a clean, safe place to ride, we use it. Most of the same reasons why bicyclists will drive towards the center of a lane are good reasons for leaving the bike lane. Here are just a few reasons:
•Bike lanes collect the debris and glass that is swept off the road. Sometimes you can see it because it’s big, like tree branches, but sometimes only we can see it. A small shard of glass can cause a flat tire. (How many tires did you change on your way to work today?)
•Many bike lanes are designed poorly or just plain dangerous. Bike lanes next to parked cars are often entirely within a hazard area we call “the door zone.” A suddenly-opened door can kill a cyclist.
•When approaching intersections, or in areas with lots of driveways, a bike lane puts us in a conflict zone. Bike lanes increase our risk for all of the common crossing and turning crashes by making us irrelevant, or even invisible to motorists.
•That may not even be a bike lane. It has become popular to add edge lines several feet to the left of the curb. This space is substandard and not safe for a bicyclist to use, though many bicyclists are tricked into riding there.
Even in states with mandatory bike lane use, the law allows cyclists the same exceptions as it does to keeping right in general.
cyclingsavvy.org/road-cycling/