There may not be many who are as reckless as that, but the pro-cyclist case would be easier to make if there were fewer.
The most frequent driver errors, the group found, were unsafe or aggressive passing, (12 cases), turning in front of the cyclist, (8 cases), speeding (7.5 cases) and running a red light (5.5 cases).
"It's just water or, in a cyclist's case, air coming towards you," we heard.
The script was pretty much the same as well, with a mass sprint up South Parade going to another Dutch cyclist, in this case Team Sky's Danny van Poppel.
In countries where compulsory helmet laws are introduced, and in some cases cyclist numbers decrease as a result, I can imagine this being a viable solution.
The government is to examine whether the offence of dangerous driving should be extended to cyclists after a case in which a woman died after being struck by a rider whose bike had no front brake.
The idea is not only to provide a sort of black box to help cyclists in the case of an emergency to gather information about accidents, but to raise awareness about bicycle safety in general, and to show manufacturers just how quickly and inexpensively such a thing could be put together.
The Metro leads on the case of cyclist Charlie Alliston.
As for the tragic case of cyclist Guy Blouin, SQ spokesperson Ann Mathieu questioned civilian accounts of the incident and insisted that the investigation might reveal "other elements".
A video of a four-wheel-drive reversing at speed towards a group of cyclists in an apparent case of road rage has prompted outrage on social media.
He added details from the cyclists' report: "In one case, an elderly couple died together without access to water x5-6 days they asphyxiated while trying to warm themselves with a gas stove".
