Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : So I reside in a country where the main language isn't English, and was speaking English with a friend when an American woman came up looking for someone to translate something for her.  Basically, she said as she was turning in to park (in a parking lot) a bike had passed her on the left, forcing her to stop suddenly.  She wanted me to go to the biker (who had parked nearby) and tell the biker to be more careful.

I went to college in a very bike heavy town, and am more sympathetic to bikers in this situation.  I think that even though the biker maybe should have been more careful, that it was the car driver's responsibility to be aware of bikes coming up behind them, and wait to turn until the bike has passed.  I basically told her she should be more aware of the bikes, and should have let the bike pass first.  I felt like going and telling the biker to be more careful would be putting the blame fully on the biker.  That said, I did not see the situation occurring, and was just going off of what the lady told me.

Am I the asshole?