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But that isn't what happened (according to the cyclist himself)

If my reading of the events is anything like the reality though, then absolutely I WOULD apportion blame to any vehicle driver in the cyclist's position. If they are travelling too fast to react / stop, for the circumstances, then undoubtedly they shoulder some of the blame. I can't believe that...

Suggesting that had he just concentrated on braking, rather than reaching for his horn first he'd have had a much better chance of avoiding the collision. I'd really like to see video of the incident. His own testimony, tbh, makes it sound as though the horn was unnecessary, and the very thing...

Warning someone who looked like they were about to step INTO the road, I'd agree. 'Warning' someone who was already IN the road, and 'about to step onto the pavement' (his testimony), is nothing but rude unnecessary aggression.

Bizarre premise. If you are walking down a street and damage a car through your deliberate actions, then yes, if caught, you'd be culpable. Are you suggesting that EXACTLY the same isn't true of a cyclist?

Indeed. Would these people fly down a residential street at 30mph, with parked cars both sides, without a care in the world, because if a little kid steps out between the cars it would be their own fault anyway? (That's rhetorical, btw...)

No. Because, this... This for me. If he was travelling at a suitable speed for the circumstances, then if he had time to move his hand to the horn, he equally had time to brake. His defence is that there was 'clear carriageway, although there were pedestrians about to step (from the...