What I don't understand is why some people will seek further interaction with a driver after something's happened. The vast majority of people will react badly when confronted with what they've done wrong as they begin to realise they were in the wrong and become embarrassed or just believe steadfastly that they're correct. I can't recall when I've seen a confrontation end well; it's not as if they're going to go "well now that you've shown me my mistake I'll be sure to read into the rules and look to change my behaviour in the future."
Before going up to the window people might do well to ask themselves:
"What do I hope to achieve here?"
"What am I actually going to achieve here?"
You're right and perhaps we can play on the word "confront" here.
Confronting someone generally means taking an agressive tone.
You need to be assertive to get a point across. If assertive tends to agressive you've lost.
I've done both. On a couple of occasions where I've been assertive I believe I got a positive outcome. You need to get to the point quickly and don't look for a response. "Give me more room next time mate", "I'm not cycling in the bit where if someone opens the door I'm toast, so give me a bit more room".
It's difficult to do this and if you haven't had time to take a moment and think about your response you'll get nowhere.
