Originally Posted by B. Carfree

Give me a break. He was engaging in standard lane splitting. The pedestrian was illegally crossing mid-block.

Also, cyclists aren't terribly vulnerable when the multi-ton vehicles are at a stand-still. That velocity portion of momentum transfer does have meaning.

Just because he wasn't cowering in the gutter or sitting in line breathing deeply of the toxic fumes of the folks who were creating the congestion does not make him aggressive or at fault when someone jay-walks.