It’s more than a technicality. Your description puts a completely different complexion on the incident, not to mention being an assumption that, as far as I have seen, is unsupported. It‘s like me saying the driver deliberately close passed him.
I don’t know how justified his outburst was because we haven’t seen what caused it. He might have been making a mountain out of a molehill or he might have been genuinely apprehensive of severe injury.
Oh I wasn't saying he didn't have reason to be scared or apprehensive at the time of the incident.
Nor that the driver wasn't driving badly.
It was his subsequent interaction with her, afterwards that I was taking issue with.
He may have felt understandable anger, induced by fear.
But shouting abuse like that doesn't help anything - not him - nor furthering the cause of better driving around cyclists.
Still, I know its easier said than done some times to keep one's cool.
But, there are some folks that dont seem to think we should even have to try.
Anyhoo, I'm super chilled right now after 5 hrs out, one hot chocolate, one milky coffee, a lovely piece of squidgy chocolate cake, many hills, two beaches, a distanced meet up with old friends, a black lives matter vigil on the seafront, and generally patient drivers on the hills, and wide enough passes in the lanes.
My new cycling buddy, has a Koga Hybrid btw.
