from the author that you quoted in that thread:

"My point - everyone please be careful. I think I was doing everything I could have done to not get hit, but was hit anyway by a driver who decided not to look before pulling out or signal his intentions."

I'll trust the OP on this as the culprit waited, thanks there HH. I read that you even doubted the OP's report of the incident.

HH's doing... " It's certainly possible that he would have pulled out even if there had been a motorcyclist or even a bus passing you at the time, and thus crashed with him too, but what seems to me much more likely is that he did look, but only enough to make sure the lane was clear, and did not pay attention to the "right side of the right lane", because he probably did not expect to find traffic there. Sure, in retrospect, duh, that's where most bicyclists ride, but bicycling is relatively rare, and if he was in a hurry, he could have easily just quickly checked the traffic lane, noticed that it was clear, and gone for it."

Dude, that makes it not looking, a quick check of one of two lanes and not making sure completely. You don't get half points for one lane looks. Careless, or failure to make sure it was clear to proceed. Buddy is busted up and you give him that?