Of course - he's angry because you didn't "just let him do it."

Incompetence, coupled with an inability to plan.

I can't count the number of times some dumbass has exited a freeway,
say, and selected freely from 2 or more available lanes, and then, as
soon as they make their turn, they're in a panic to change lanes
because they didn't think to select the correct one as they came down
the off-ramp. For example, they will select the left lane, and then
fight their way over to the right to make a right turn at the next
intersection which is a block away. Why couldn't they just get into
the right hand lane in the first place?

And they think YOU are the "bad guy" because you didn't slow down and
let them make a right turn from the left hand lane. :rolleyes:

I think the answer is because so many drivers are in SUVs or oversized
pickups these days.   They don't know how to turn using only 1 lane.

I did see a non-SUV swerve into my (middle lane) on a surface street
yesterday, but he only used up a few inches and I didn't even have to
exit my lane to swerve around him.

In general, drivers are morons.

Get this....

not too long ago I am on my way to work. I'm in the left lane of a 4 lane
arterial. A woman turns on to the road in front of me doing 10 under.
Fine, I'm making the next left, so I'm stuck. I put on my signal, and
sure enough hers comes on and she jams on the brakes and drops to 10mph
then enters the turn lane. She creeps down the turn lane and makes the
left at 5mph and goes wide into the right lane. (I take this turn 3-4
times faster than that on my _BICYCLE_. She begins accelerating. I turn into
the near lane(left), and knowing the right lane ends after a curve, I
pass her. I was going just under the speed limit (40), she was doing
20mph.  She gets upset that I pass her, I mime to her to put down
the accelerator. I pass by a cop, I see her flag down down the cop. I end
up with a papers check. All because I didn't stay behind this sloth. I
hope I encounter her again and am in front of her. I'll drive/ride very
slowly just to make her 'happy'.

I fear any intersection with a double turn lane.  Seems like at least
every other time I encounter one someone doesn't understand the
concept.  Not that long ago I ended up doing this fun little dance with
the guy next to me because he a) apparently didn't have any
directionals and b) wanted to turn right into a gas station despite
having turned from the leftmost lane...

nate

I fear any intersection with a double turn lane.  Seems like at least
every other time I encounter one someone doesn't understand the
concept.  Not that long ago I ended up doing this fun little dance with
the guy next to me because he a) apparently didn't have any
directionals and b) wanted to turn right into a gas station despite
having turned from the leftmost lane...

My method of dealing with them?  Just hold my line and pretend not to
see any of the other drivers involved until they actually drift into my
lane, then I honk at them.  If they see that you see them, it seems,
that gives them license to cut you off.

nate

Well, it's the best line through the corner (least sideways G,
shortest time taken). I do that if there is no other traffic
nearby.

Sometimes it can take a couple of seconds to determine which
lane has the fewest Sloths.