Originally Posted by
groovestew
I've had several much closer calls than what's shown in that video. In the video, it's not obvious that the driver didn't see the cyclist; he may have very well seen him and started making his turn anyway. The turn and stop looked slow and controlled. Not necessarily wise on the driver's part, and perhaps not even legal, but this didn't look like a crisis averted.
+1
I have been hit on my bike and had a few other close calls, I've been in accidents in my car, I've been nearly run over a couple of times as a ped. They only difference was I didn't have a camera on my head to record them.
Sometimes I get pissed. Sometimes I just feel relieved that it wasn't worse. The one time I was hit I was completely uninjured except for the sore chest I got from stiff arming the SUV (Not sure I'd recommend that under most circumstances). The driver was mortified. What good would getting angry do at that point? I was OK, my bike was OK, his door had a tjspiel shaped dent in it.
These things happen and all you can do is learn how to limit the risks. You can't control what other people are going to do.