Dwight and Bill are right, avoidance is the better option, and the guy should have been extra careful when there is a van in the equation as they have really bad blind spots. He was also unfortunate to have what appears to be an anti-bike cop turn up

Here's a couple more stories to show that just because someone is on two wheels doesn't make them innocent little angels

http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/howto/...cops/index.html

http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/howto/...ider/index.html

Maybe the cop who attended the accident had just delt with a biker like one of these?