I was traveling eastbound this morning on I66 from Haymarket on my morning commute. HOV lane was wide open, all other lanes virtually stopped. I tend to run about 45 mph when that happens just in case. A little bit past Gainesville a car pulls into the HOV lane abruptly and with no signal. He couldn't have been more then 30 feet away when he made the move. I ran wide on to the shoulder to avoid him. My butt pucker meter tells me my right pannier missed him by less then a foot. He kept his distance afterwards. Traffic came to a complete halt about a mile up the road. I briefly thought about politely asking he be more careful and letting him know that he could've killed me. But decided the potential confrontation just wasn't worth it. Be careful out there folks, danger lurks at every moment.
Mike