Bicycle Austin forum

So, I was "attacked" today.  A man in a white SUV (License 918 XXX, can't remember the last 3 letters) pulled alongside of me as I was riding north and yelled that I should get in the lane.  I shouted back that I was a vehicle and could legally use the road just as he could.  No profanity, no gestures.  He pulled in front of me and braked, and I had to jam on my brakes to not rear end him.

In thinking about this, I suppose I shouldn't respond to any provocation while on the road, despite the fact that the driver was in the wrong.  However, I wished I could have pointed out that I was passing many more people in that dangerous bike lane than cars.  As a bicyclist going 25mph down a 30mph road, I shouldn't have been too much of an inconvenience.

Brian