I've witnessed much the same when the cyclist was overtaking as well, or to be completely accurate they were cycling down the middle of a two two lane carriage way, between the two lanes of stationary cars.
When one is sitting stationary paying attention to what's going on ahead to have something appear rapidly in ones peripheral vision can be very intimidating regardless of which side it appears on.
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I've witnessed much the same when the cyclist was overtaking as well, or to be completely accurate they were cycling down the middle of a two two lane carriage way, between the two lanes of stationary cars.
When one is sitting stationary paying attention to what's going on ahead to have something appear rapidly in ones peripheral vision can be very intimidating regardless of which side it appears on.