Bicycle vs. Pedestrian

[tech3149]

111. I'll admit I didn't read all the responses but here's my response for what it's worth.

I currently live in a rural area but spent more than two decades in urban and highly populated suburban areas. My working life had me on the road behind the wheel for better that 12 hrs a day. I'm also a motorsport nut, mostly road racing in any form.
I found over the years that the most important thing that saved me from serious harm was situational awareness.
Being aware of what is going on around you at the extremes of your perception is the best defense to keep you safe. Concentrate on those extremes and what happens closer will be absorbed peripherally You can't assume that others around you try to practice the same skill so always assume they're deaf, blind, and dumb.
Even if you couldn't see some bike rider passing on the right in that instance, paying attention to the extremes of your vision or the reaction of the approaching cars might have given you a clue as to what was approaching.

I don't say these things to dismiss your reaction to the situation, I think you did very well in reacting to the situation. I say these things to give you some ideas and focus to be able to avoid these situations in the future, and hopefully others might gain some perspective from concepts that have helped keep me alive for 60 something years.
I want you all to be safe and live long lives even if I don't expect to.