I believe the dumpster pass, while not too close to daily metro rider's experiences, was poor driving. While giving the cyclist some room, he swung across the double yellows and was driving too fast for the conditions (a cyclist in front of him and heading into an intersection), and in an unsafe manner.

Here is my issue with the scene. The dump truck DID NOT SLOW DOWN, just drove around the cyclist. Had there been a sudden oncoming car, or a pedestrian stepping out onto the intersection, the truck would then brake and swerve to avoid the new obstacle. This is where the just passed cyclist gets killed. If drivers decreased speed then assessed the situation (wait a ****ing second), we would all be safer.

It's all well and good that people are "so good" at driving that they can just dodge and weave past anything in front of them. It is a whole different story when they drive way too fast into a situation that has no outs. I drive many miles per year. Nearly every day, I almost get rear ended, or someone pulls out right in front of me. Just this morning, up a long hill on the interstate, I had to slow for some tools who were jumping to the right to go around slower cars and nearly collided going for the same space. I had plenty of room in front to decrease my speed and the fool behind me was skidding and came very close to rear ending me at 55mph. I used my available safe space that I leave in front so that I have plenty of reaction time and don't have to slam on my brakes for every single incident ahead. The guy behind me was lucky that I did because I had a little more space to give him by incrementally easing off my brakes. Despite this one near miss, he still tailgated me down the road for miles.