Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : I want to start off with saying that I know it's not a proper thing to do. But I didn't know people felt this strongly about it. 

Today I was cycling omw to the store, a street I had to go through was blocked by several cars. No biggie right? Just take the sidewalk, there was nobody there anyway. As I turn the corner there is this man walking, I wanted to pass him so I could take a slope down back to the road. So I slow down. The man looks me straight in the eye and stops, making himself big and blocking the road. Now I have no way to turn and have to stop as well.

He starts yelling that I should be on the road, I try to explain to him that the road was blocked and I had to take the sidewalk for a short bit. He doesn't care and starts getting super in my face. This scared me so I started yelling back that he needed to calm down and if he could please move. He doesnt do either. I eventually turn around so I can go down the sidewalk regularly (bad for my tires but this dude was going to punch me or some shit). I am visibly upset and as I am on the road he starts yelling again because he thought I swore, i didnt. As I cycle off he tells me to take the right medicine next time.

Could I have handled it differently?