Risk assessment of assertive cycling

If that was a helmet mounted camera he didn't look back once....so i would say shit driving which could have been prevented by the rider communicating with the people behind him. Recumbent though, i would say...with a silly little mirror.

I dig his point (in one of the text boxes) about her being so impatient to get around him, but then fine to sit around and argue the point. Also, it seemed as though he struck the car....which i myself have done and defended it by saying "so you were so close to me that you think i could have hit your car?" it usually works. I've also had a guy accusing me of hitting his car when I was at the rear of a snake.

I don't think any amount of communication would have had any effect on this driver. ;)

I'm just glad I wasn't sitting left here, else I feel sure I'd have had a high speed 40mph pass that would have been just as close, and far more dangerous. At least by sitting out in the road I got a much slower overtake.

Like most of you I don't generally agree with striking cars, but in this case I felt I had no choice for my own safety.

As for "silly little mirror", they allow excellent views, far better than looking behind. Although I have plenty of my own riding faults, I'd like to think my rearward observation is far far better on the recumbent than almost all other upright riders I see, including instructors whilst being examined. It's not very easy to look behind on a low racer as reclined as this one without a mirror. I'm not even particularly pro- or anti-mirror, and I don't have any on my fixed Langster since they're not necessary on uprights.

p.s. the video was copied and uploaded by another user - just google for KJ05WUM if anyone wants to see it again. Privacy complaint by the driver - unjustified, but YouTube's legal policy avoids them having to deal with lawsuits by just taking down videos.