wvm nearly gets taken out by a wvm

I'm just chalking this one up, with the (many) others, to experience.

Best way to take that.

We've often, in our heads, gone through the whole conversation that you'd like to have with the driver who just pissed you off, but you really shouldn't have THAT conversation. The one that takes place after you've calmed down, that's the one to have. It doesn't always happen that way, hey, we're all human.

with my hands up in the air in a WTF gesture as he rolled past

I love that guesture. I do it mostly for the benefit of the drivers behind who are thinking of pulling the same shit.

Congrats to you for some good head's up riding. Ironic ways of getting injured are lame.