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@5awyr
Couple of years ago I had a car slam the brakes on in front of me (zebra crossing just after a downhill blind bend, bloody genius). Would have been fine had his left hand brake light been out. Hauled on the brakes and slowed down a fair bit but still hit the back of his car pretty hard.
He just drove off, which suited me fine.
I also had a bizarre one the other day, dropped a bottle on a very quiet road and a mate riding a way behind me stopped and picked it up. He then tried to hand it to me as he rode past me. I somehow swerved into him, my bike went down and I vaulted the bars and ended up running along the road. He stayed on.
Oh, and on the subject of people walking out and blaming the cyclist, I was riding in a very local charity tri the other day and had a group of 20 walkers walk straight out in front of me without looking, completely blocking the road. "Use your bell next time please". Sadly my only rejoinder was "Look before you cross the road next time please". Still a bit disappointed I didn't call anyone a c*nt.