Originally Posted by
Chopper1
I did see him and made eye contact with him and I did slow down. He needed to take 1 step to get on the curb. I did try to turn around him and he took a step back. Had I swerved much more, I was in traffic. I was not trying to play chicken with him. He was being an arrogant, passive aggressive little you know what. He was completely unscathed. When I asked him why he did not move out of the way he said there was a car between him and I and he could not see me. #1, there was no car. #2, if there was, why would he walk in front of it??
Then why did you hit him?
You need to man up and take some responsibilities for your own actions. What if this was a young child (toddler age) who chased a ball into the street?
If there was no car preventing the kid from crossing the street then you could have taken the lane and moved around him, or you could have stopped and waited for him to go one way or the other. As the operator of a moving vehicle (and bicycles are classified as vehicles), you have certain responsibilities while on the road.
Hope that you don't get sued.