Everywhere I have ever been, I find good people there. We often find.........what we are looking for.
I'm with ya 100% there.What really gets me, when I ride, I consider myself a representative for all bicyclists, a more safe, courteous rider you'll not find.I'm always driving my mirror, on 2 laners, if it appears I will impede traffic I will pull into the weeds and stop so cagers don't have to slow down.
This incident happened on a four lane (with bike lane/shoulder so 3 lanes per side), 5 mile straight section, no hills (large median) highway, I've done trucking, he saw me there's no way he was distracted that long, he'd be in the ditch, it was an accurate buzz, I know truckers that can make the tires hit the platforms on the orange cones at 55mph without knocking them over. The only times I ride in the actual traffic lanes is when there is no other option, in this case way WAYYY to the right of any traffic, him and I being the only wheeled things for 13 miles.
It's bizzare, when you're on a bicycle, suddenly you're no longer thought of as a "brother-sister-son-daughter-father-mother-human" just road fodder, I rarely see anyone get more than a slap on the wrist for hitting a bicyclist.
Aleman, I'm a proud card carrying A-hole, for you to suggest the karmic return for rough language, and being a 21st century "meanie" is pulverization beneath a fully loaded semi is,... not surprising.