Which in my state would be an illegal maneuver by the driver, who is legally required to allow three feet between the car and the cyclist(s). The driver who brush-pbuttes a cyclist can be ticketed for failure to yield right of way.
It is exactly the same as pbutting a slower car ahead of you- you are required to wait until you can pbutt safely. Now, you might be irritated by the slower driver, but most drivers make a different buttumption. They buttume that the slower driver also has a right to use the road- but they buttume the cyclist doesn't. This is incorrect in every state in the US, with the exception of limited access highways.
An illustrative example is this. About 5 years ago I was on a group bike ride. There were about 15 of us, riding double file on the wide shoulder of a road (Victoria just north of CR C in Roseville MN, for those familiar with the area). A car ahead of us stopped to make a left hand turn into the nursing home parking lot and was rear ended almost 30 seconds later by a woman driving a large 4 door sedan. We stopped to render any aid that might be needed and someone called 911 as there was a elderly woman in the pbuttenger seat of the car that had been rear-ended. The woman driving the second car got out and started yelling at us for being "all over the road" and caysing the accident, even though I, as the last rider in the line, could see that ever rider was well onto the shoulder.
When the police arrived, she began making the same complaint. The officer interrupted her and said, "ma'am, it doesn't matter. They can take the whole lane if they want to. It's your responsibility to pay attention to your driving and not to run into things." He got our names as witnesses and sent us on our way, and ticketed the driver for careless driving.
If you're a driver pbutting a slower vehicle, whether that vehicle is a bicyclist, a car, a farm implement, whatever, it's your responsibility to do so safely. It's not anyone else's responsibility. So stop whining about it, wait until it's safe, pbutt and get on with your life. Sheesh. That's what I do and I am much happier for it.
The problem here is the impatience and self-enbreastlement of the drivers in your scenario. "Incompetence" was the word that Wayne used, and your scenario is an excellent demonstration of that.
As Wayne mentioned, I have no problem pbutting cyclists safely and expeditiously. On a daily basis, when I'm driving my usual 50 or so miles, I have problems with many drivers and few if any cyclists. When I'm out driving, the cyclists are the least of my worries- it's the morons in cars and SUVs that pee me off.
