Just crashed into a Lamborghini!

A driver pulls out in front of a cyclist, the cyclist decides to run into the car, no damage done to anyone, and you all defend the driver! Crazy!
I fail to see how hitting a car that yopu could have avoided will do anything other than make the driver think poorly about cyclists. No one to my knowledge is disagreeing over whether the driver was right or wrong, it's clear that his actions were dangerous. The debate is over mike choosing to hit the car, knowing that he could have avoided it. I know mike, I like mike but on this issue he and I stand apart, I would never purposefully collide with a car, no matter how slow or how little damage was involved.

Typically people who spend a large amount of money on a set of wheels have some affection for said item and think poorly or anyone who may potentially damage it. All this kind of situation does is enforces the stereotypes and rifts between us. (Now all you need to do is work out if this last paragraph is referring to the driver or the cyclist)