Originally Posted by
squeakywheel
People operate with different levels of defensiveness. I think in this case, a reasonably cautious person would brake and slow to a crawl when the idiot matched your move and went to his left side of the sidewalk. No yelling, no trying the other side, no trying to go farther right. First sign of trouble, hit the brakes and get below a velocity that could get you hurt. if idiot continues to barrel at you, get off bike, off sidewalk, hold bike in front to brace for impact.
Other people know they are in the right and barge ahead not willing to yield to someone not respecting their space. I'm not saying these people are wrong. I'm just saying these people get hurt more.
That's my take in this situation. Sure, there are some common guidelines that most people obey. But these aren't hard and fast rules, and nobody is "wrong" for not following them. I hate to say it, but the OP sounds like he was being an idiot for continuing to plow through at speed because the other guy wasn't clued in to what the OP was
thinking (notice that he never said anything to the other guy before the accident, he just expected him to be clued in to his actions).