I was cruising down the bike lane on Gorham this am as I do every day on my way to work. Just after I crossed State St a large pickup truck passes me and is encroaching on the bike lane. This is a regular occurrence and gets worse when Gorham turns right and becomes University. At this spot it is highly unlikely that the vehicle will not cross over the line into the bike lane. So at this spot the large truck is beside me and goes a full foot into the bike lane. I held my ground and gave the vehicle a couple warning knocks on the side of the truck, just 3 or 4 slaps with my hand to let them know I was there and it was a bike lane and that they were encroaching. So two blocks later I am stopped at University and Park and said pickup truck pulls along side me and asks if I hit his truck. I told him I did because he was in the bike lane and I was letting him know that I was there and not to drive in the bike lane. Without going into to much detail the driver did not like this and threatened violence even saying he would get out of his truck and beat me up. I kept saying that he was in the bike lane and that all I was doing is letting him know that he was taking my lane. He also said something about how much his truck cost and that if I hit it again he would charge me or something and I responded that my life is worth more and told him that his truck could kill me and this is why I let him know he was in the bike lane. So I guess my question is how can we ever educate people like this? Obviously he does not care and even said I should have avoided him. Next time I am driving in a car I should just swerve over into the other lane and blame the car occupying it that they should have moved to avoid colliding. -Michael
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