Comment by Swizec

> I high-beamed her and honked. She put her hands in front of her face and came to a dead stop in my lane directly in front of me.

Personally I skip the honking and high beams. Just perform evasive action assuming driver will continue on their current path at roughly their current speed. Swerving behind their path of travel usually works great.

Spooked drivers behave erratically. Very dangerous.

So far I've had 0 serious incidents in ~8 years of riding. A couple close calls when I was being an idiot. So I think my approach is working :)