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Sounds like 'one of them things'. Whenever I'm filtering outside of vehicles I'm always aware that a pedestrian could move out from between vehicles and adjust my speed/observation accordingly. If you couldn't have looked right any further than you did, I'm not sure what more you can do.
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Just one of those things that happen imo, no blame either way. You have to creep out to see whats coming in some traffic situations.
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Sounds like you both were doing pretty much the right thing... you were being careful, he was going slow enough to avoid an accident despite having his rear wheel nudged.
Obvs a warm hug and handshake would've been preferable to the shouting but can't win em all.
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So have a bit of a "who was in the wrong?" thing from this morning.
I'm coming on to the main road from my flat. Traffic is backed up southbound, I need to get across that to go northbound. I ride very slowly between two stationary vans looking to my left to see if anything is coming northbound, as I can't see past the vans until I get my head past.
Suddenly hear a "WARGARBLE!" from my right, and a cyclist comes past very close from the right and I just nudge his rear wheel as he passes. He then stops and starts hurling invectives and "fucking look!". I apologise and we move on.
But was that my fault? Because I was between two vans I could not see what was coming either way at that point and I was pretty much tiptoeing it out. Was he filtering too close? Can he really have a go at me for not looking as I was looking in the direction I expected traffic to be coming from? What if I had been a pedestrian?
On the other hand, I was looking so intensely for what was coming from the left, I'm not sure I would have looked to my right before I pulled out later.