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Mr Grooves, you are attempting to step into the mind of the bus driver!?! you have no idea what was going through his head. noisy passenger, car coming over his right shoulder, that parked car, the cyclist.
Agreed the bus driver was a cock, showed really bad judgment, but like everyone else on the road this fella had 100 things going through his mind and a situation to deal with. he didn't intend it.
Fact remains as cyclists our mistakes are more costly.
To be fair this is an everyday situation, and throwing sticks at the bus driver is great but will it stop it happening again? You got to ride that aggressive/defensive line
@Nosferatu - Did you look over your shoulder when you realised you had to pull out and when you had to move?
Could you have avoided it? i'e pull out earlier and quicker and right in his eye line, or hold behind the car till the bus has passed?