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@Wannabe
Jemjah, well done again on the evidence. It's really interesting to hear how people feel about it, rarely get to talk to witnesses for very long after trials. The only 'cycling trial' I've done was prosecuting an old fella who doored a naval rating. They went for the naval rating in a big way, but he was nice and solid, explained his bit really well. The old boy said he checked before opening his door, and could see tens of metres of clear road. I asked how long it was between checking and opening his door, he said half a second. Quick mental maths
"so, according to you, to come into contact with your door in the way that he did, he must have covered the distance you say was clear when you checked between you finishing your check and your door being fully opened?"
"Yes."
"To do that, he would have been travelling at 314 miles per hour. Does that sound like a realistic speed for a cyclist?"
Convicted. Only time my cross-examination has ever gone according to plan.
The questions you describe make me suspect a typical motoring lawyers type outfit. He thought you had to take your feet off to freewheel?!
when you say he was talking about the speed at which you were travelling, do you mean the defendant or the lawyer?
Making you out to be reckless was always going to be the major tactic, I'm afraid, and good for you for saying that you didn't know -- so many people make things up, guess, etc., and that never does the process any favours.
Important things - you = alive, justice = done.