Originally Posted by
I-Like-To-Bike
How do you know the other cyclist didn't see the stop sign as well as the location of other vehicles and then rode safely through the intersection? The only thing not seen was the car you ran into for the reason that you provided.
It had to be a near miss if MattDwyerva was drafting him, right? Most people don't try to time a near miss with a car like that, a second or less. But you're right we don't know what was going on in his mind. Maybe he was afraid to slow down with someone drafting him, it's all speculative.
[MENTION=256281]MattDwyerva[/MENTION] in case you didn't realize, posting in this thread is basically asking for an argument. The thread has special status as a quarantine zone for all helmet related arguments, so that they don't ruin other threads on the site.