Cycling Techniques

I find bus drivers tend to go mental when we cycle in primary position in bus lanes. The other week Mccarthy and I were coming back from the pub and one started to continually beep at us. I proceeded to do the go slow and the twat drove about 2 inches from my wheel.

This one is tricky. In a gesture towards better manners and road peace, if the conditions are safe, I'll go out of my way to give a bus way by moving and making that eye contact. The same drivers some of you mention being absolute psychos have 100% (so far) been very grateful by always gesticulating thanks giving me eye contact plus they seem to take more care when over taking. That same driver yards down the road will go out of his/her way to give me way, if/when I need it.
It's the same if I'm riding and further down the road and see a vehicle either wanting to turn across my lane into a side road or pull out from a side road. If there is no one behind me (within reason) I'll give way. The stunned look on their faces: o_O Again, firther down the road they'll have my better interest at heart.

What pisses some drivers off (esp bus drivers) is when they are traveling faster than someone on a bike in a bus lane, the cyclist looks back and almost looks to belligerently hold everything up, without assessing how far the next bus stop is and possibly allowing the faster vehicle to pass. Making a little eye contact as they pass you is a great way to sub conscientiously put the onus on them to take care as they pass (obviously not at the expense of putting yourself in a bad or dangerous road position). Worse still are the riders that look to ride side by side in unsuitable road conditions.