let's try some FACTSroubaixtuesday wrote: ↑14 May 2021, 2:36pmYour continued assumptions free of any facts are doubtless further evidence of your consideration for others.jo' bo wrote: ↑14 May 2021, 2:31pm
I can only go with the facts you presented, which were few,
But as he accelerated at you it seem unlikely you had got out of his way as then he wouldnt be able to accelerate at you, would he ?
I've done advanced motorcycling and driving, if you apply much the same lessons about anticipation and control, then its usually fine, are their homicidal maniac who want to crush you under their wheels no reason? Yes I'm sure their are, I suspect they make up a vanishgky small % of the population
In my experience, motorists who actively intend to bully other road users, including but not exclusively cyclists, are sufficiently common to be a menace.
Those who unintentionally or unthinkingly endanger cyclists are far more common.
Why didnt you use forward observation to identify the issue and then in the full knowledgeable that their bullies out there, control the situation by geting out of the way and waving him through
May be you just met the homicidal maniac, in which case you were unlucky in the extreme, more likely someone having a really bad day