I’ve been thinking about this a bit since seeing the original post. You seem to be saying it was dumb because he left himself open to being hit by the car? It took me a while to realise/think of that.Sully wrote:So your telling me if you came across a car pulling out in a tight car park and other cars waiting for him, you'd ride straight past them and in front of the car pulling out becaude he should have seen through the cars and seen you coming and given way?
My original take is that car was attempting to leave parking spot on busy street. Other cars had pulled up as a courtesy thing to allow this ( common enough, I reckon we’ve all done it). Cyclist saw this, but asserted his rights and continued on, therefore either dumb or discourteous.
Either way, a mistake imo. Stopping would have cost him what? 20 seconds of his time? Where have I heard this before? Don’t matter, he lived, car lived, all is good.