Man Guilty Of Intimidating Bicyclists

A 64-year-old Post Falls man on Monday pleaded guilty to misdemeanor reckless driving for using his pickup truck to intimidate two cyclists on a rural roadway in Kootenai County in September 2011. Larry G. Jones now loses his driving privileges for the next 30 days. Before pleading guilty to reckless driving, Jones had been charged with aggravated assault, a felony, in 1st District Court. In his Chevy Silverado on Fernan Lake Road, Jones drove up behind the two cyclists, who were traveling about 35 mph down the hill. Jones was accused of going around the cyclists and then turning into one of them, Lukas D. O’Dowd, and then slamming on his brakes. Jones did that twice, each time exiting his truck and attempting to further confront O’Dowd/ David Cole , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here . (Tacoma Tribune/AP file illustration)

Question (for bicyclists out there): Have you ever had a close encounter with a road rager trying to intimidate you while you pedaled along a local road?