"CommonSense" is the woman in Mercedes presumably. I would love to know more about her personality structure, because whatever your views of her behavior, it must be quite unusual.
Unfortunately this is a common problem for many cyclists.. some drivers simply do not know how to behave around them, and some just don't care. There is simply no excuse for it and yet the first thing idiotic drivers do is try and make excuses such as (non-existent) Road-Tax or saying cyclists should be in the gutter at all times. There's some shockingly poor drivers out there with a terrible attitude, they should be made to re-sit their driving test!
She was a suborn fool
and so was he.
Both at fault both embarrassingly stupid.