Originally Posted by king_boru

Tarnishing an entire group of people because of the actions of one person is quite narrow minded. This may just be an isolated non-incident. What if the truck driver was having one of the worst days of his/her life and their ability to focus was compromised? What if he/she had a lapse in concentration (we all do) at the worst possible time? Perhaps, just maybe, the truck driver was making all the efforts focusing on the cyclist and didn't pay enough attention to oncoming traffic that he/she didn't notice the oncoming headlights until last minute, knowing he/she was sufficiently past the cyclist to make the sudden evasive maneuvers to prevent a head on collision. Perhaps that action in itself could be credited.