Originally Posted by
spivonious
It wasn't a brake check - he's stopped at a stop sign.
Cyclist shouldn't be assaulted and have property damaged, but he also shouldn't have been so close to the truck. Recognize the dangerous behavior (close pass, running off road), slow down, and move in behind the truck. He's lucky the guy wasn't ultra-deranged and use the truck to push him into the parked cars.
I'd say it was a brake check, with or without a stop sign. Cuts him off very close, immediately brakes hard, that's explicitly illegal and in my book a deliberate brake check.
I'd like to say that I'd be braking before then to make some distance. We'd all like to say that I'm sure, but the reality is that if a motorist wants to cause a collision then it isn't always avoidable on a bike.