Probably traveller scumbags. Such individuals inflict their evils of inferiority into society for others to pay the price. Each one of them is nothing more than a Controlling Unscrupulous Narcissistic Thug.
Also, had there been a crash would the driver pulling out be written up for not checking their exit properly?
Note: I am NOT trying to absolve the over-taker.
As an aside, I had a similar thing done to me the other day, the over-taker shot past as i was turning right at a junction causing me to slam on. However instead of saying sorry they tried to goad me into a fight, then brake check even though I was a safe distance away, then stop without warning and block the road. Finally they tried to ram their car into me when i tried to ride past. I got the reg. Can understand mistakes which we all make but some people it seems should not be on the road..
I get this all the time. Now wonder several police forces are running a campaign against close passing and other infractions, some are also accepting video evidence.
Some people simply don't want to share the road with cyclists, and think they can invent their own rules of the road. I had one the other week do the very thing you describe here, it was a taxi, who wouldn't stay behind - as required - because the road was narrow, uneven, had recently been surfaced with chippings, was damp and had several junctions. Oh, and I was approaching a blind bend.
Yep, just like your experience, I had the tail-gating, the dirty looks and in my case being force off the road to make an emergency stop by someone using their car as a weapon.
Some people need to be prosecuted before they kill. It goes way beyond simple mistakes everyone can make and they only understand one language: courts, and fines.
Road rage against a learner? wow this piece of sh*t needs taken off the road.