Originally Posted by Mr. Hairy Legs

You're missing the point here... the cop (and myself) are talking about ways to reduce risk on the road, not about who was right or wrong or deserving of all the blame. We don't have the specific details, but if the assumptions are correct, the driver broke the law by cutting across the double yellow line, and the cyclists also broke the law by riding two abreast. Nobody follows any rules here really.