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Yesterday I turned onto a quiet street after having seen a cyclist coming down the street. Wasn't a huge distance between us but plenty of space on an empty road. Few seconds later the guy passes me and shouts something at me, which I didn't hear. Asked him what he shouted but he shouted something else I didn't hear, spat over his shoulder and pedaled off.
As I was quite close to where I work, I smiled at the thought that he might be headed there too and sure enough I turned into the ramp to the garage right behind him. He locked his bike up and then walked past me to the exit so I said to him I couldn't hear what he was saying to me. Quite angrily he told me I'd just pulled out in front of him and that if he was a few seconds earlier he'd have killed me. I replied that I had seen him, he was wearing a lot of day-glo, which seemed to calm him down. We had a bit of a chat and left with a smile.
He did tell me he needs to calm down a bit but somebody had just walked right out in front of him so he was a bit worked up. The lesson I'm taking away from this is to remember to acknowledge people. I often gesture my intentions to other cyclists, but a quick wave would have told him I had seen him and I wasn't just pulling out without looking.
Was nice to sort it out in a friendly way and I was glad of the chance to chat about it. If we'd just headed our separate ways we might have just felt angry about it all. He seemed a nice guy...still don't like spitting though...