i feel that toe spikes should be manditory on all cycling shoes for this reason, I was riding in downtown marquette michigan when some jackass came within 6 inches of hitting me, Then the ******* has the nerve to flip me off and curse at me for about a good half a mile saying that i was in his way as he was turning left on the road, then he told me that cyclists belong on the side walk, now everthing else i can take with stride, but grouping cyclists with pedistrians is simply a sin. so i did the most logical thing i though of at the time, i clipped out and i kicked in the quarter panel leaving two rather large and deep toe spike marks on the side of his car, leaving me very proud, so i did the logical thing and rode away very quickly in the opposite direction that the car was going, using ironically the sidewalk as an escape route. So i emplore you, enquire the rest of the cycling community with any commuting horror stories, and teach stupid drivers that cyclists are a group not to **** around with!!!!