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Why, because he can't see a cyclist through a line of cars?  [/quote]

No, because he didn't see a cyclist right in front of him, until he was so close he had to brake so hard that he almost got rear-ended.

It's a little hard to figure out what exactly happened, but it involved a cyclist riding along a road that people wanted to pass.  Some of them didn't manage to execute the passing manuever in a way that avoided almost getting rear ended.  That is not the cyclist's fault.[/quote]

It sounds to me like the line of cars was blocking their view. Have you never experienced this before? I've had this happen not just with cyclists, but stopped cars, debris in the road, etc.  Sometimes it is no one's "fault" per se, just a consequence of cars and cyclists sharing the road.[/quote]

So, (1) it's not the cyclist's fault and (2) yes, cars in front regularly block my view, SUVs make it even worse, and it means I have to either leave more distance or drive more slowly to make things safe.  As a result of (2) I have never rear-ended someone.  As a result of others' failure to do (2) I have been rear-ended.  They have been at fault.[/quote]

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