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Old 07-17-19, 05:27 AM
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Rick
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It doesn't matter how much room the cyclist left for the motorist, the motorist overtook a vehicle when it wasn't safe to do so. That's how it'd stand here. The motorist should've either stayed back or moved into the left hand lane to overtake.
Yes this is the problem. The motorist had other options and still made a bad choice at the expense of yes an inexperienced bicyclist.

The attempt to find the cyclist here would be to equipe the police with more leverage in court against the motorist. Any injury or statement could reinforce the prosecution. The cyclist wouldn't need to worry about the red light as that's not an offence here.
It matters not what a bicyclist does while riding down the road. When I am operating a motor vehicle, I do not hit them or anything else with my vehicle. If you are driving a motor vehicle you have a responsibility to do what ever is reasonably needed to do no harm.
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