Re: Dealing with traffic while commuting

Eric S. Sande said:

Quoted message said:

And how much jail time did sai SOB get?

None. I didn't file a police report. The insurance people took care
of it. Of course if the son of a [censored] had killed me, it might have
turned out differently.

I have no idea what went on later between the SOB and his employer,
it wasn't relevant.

It was just a road incident and the insurance people were decent
about it.

My point was that following too closely can be potentially
dangerous.

Oh, I know, but it sounds like he intentionally tried to kill
you. Naturally that's not "illegal" if you're the nut behind the
wheel. I just find it frustrating, that's all. Glad you're okay
though.

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Steven O'Neill [email hidden]

Quoted message said:

Oh, I know, but it sounds like he intentionally tried to kill
you. Naturally that's not "illegal" if you're the nut behind the
wheel. I just find it frustrating, that's all.

No, he didn't intentionally try to kill me. He just didn't know
I was back there, that's all. Why would he consider that there
might be a vehicle behind him on a city street.

It was my responsibility to assume that he was an idiot and not
place myself in a position where a random brain fart on his part
could get me killed.

OK, I'm over analyzing this. I should have been in his mirror,
let's get real. I wasn't, and the event was three years ago.

I wasn't legally at fault but in terms of being a commuting
cyclist I was technically at fault for not reading the situation
correctly and positioning myself at the optimum place on the road.

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