Evening all,

Any advice or comments welcomed.

Came off a roundabout onto a dual carriageway, whilst waiting at traffic lights saw a cyclist go onto same dual carriageway.

As I catch up with cyclist I indicate a good distance back, check mirrors etc and there is a BMW in same lane as me. As I start manoeuvre into other lane to overtake cyclist. I notice BMW accelerate ridiculously quickly to start to overtake me (with indicating and as I'm pulling out), I keep looking in mirror thinking surely he's not going to try squeeze past me......and eventually I bottle it and swerve back in, thinking a collision in imminent (he probably would have slammed his breaks on, but who knows and don't want to risk it with kids in the car). All this time the cyclist is getting closer to me and I have to slam my breaks on.

A) If I pulled out and got rear ended, who would have been to blame? Surely other car would just say I pulled out in front of him.

B) If I had hit cyclist would I be to solely to blame?

Only have forward facing dashcam so no rear footage of guy behind me being a.....

Thanks all!

Edited by Potatohead44 on 01/05/2023 at 18:36