Probably the driver is claiming he was not at fault and saying that he did use his signal light . If it comes down to a situation where it's basically Sarich's word against the driver it's very hard to hold them accountable and prove they actually did it.
Once I was parked off the road playing with my phone while waiting for my wife and a guy drove by and clipped my car. He lied and said that I rolled out into traffic as he drove by and it became by word against his... I got nowhere. Fortunately he was moving pretty slowly so not much damage but man the frustration - that was as close as I came to egging someone's house since I was 14 years old and that was one of the nicer thoughts I had about that guy.
I actually get why many people are buying those dashboard cameras, I'm sure road cyclists will all have them in a few years.
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