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Brun
I don’t really get the puzzlement around this. You wouldnt think it’s ok for a car driver to honk the horn and drive around a pedestrian who has stepped out without stopping so why think its ok for a cyclist? First thing any road user should do when seeing a hazard is apply the brakes. If you don’t drop your speed, whichever vehicle you are operating, then you are consciously deciding to risk a worse injury to the pedestrian you might be about to hit. First course of action is always reduce speed, everything else is secondary.