Originally Posted by
SpeshulEd
I hate victim blaming.
To the OP, I think you handled the situation just as well as anyone.
I do too and it is not my intention to blame the rider. Nevertheless, it's still a great opportunity to point out that the burden of our safety lies with us. We can't count on other people, specially drivers of big vehicles to see us and give the space we need.
If you analyse the situation calmly and detached from emotion you will see that the rider himself also did not see the bus coming at him until very late to react. Look at the 10 second mark on the video the bus is already crossing the road and the rider still haven't reacted, in fact if you continue the video you'll see looking at his shadow that he is still pedaling into the intersection.