I did the bird thing once in a similar place, wished I could take it back.
A while back, I crossed a 50 mph 4 lane street, keeping to the right a guy in a big pickup waited for me to go by.
but as soon as I crossed the intersection, he hammered down and cut me off, to turn into a business. the speed limit on the crossing street was 25. I was going 30.
A cop flipped on the bubblegum lights and pulled the pickup up over..
I giggled all the way home.