I know the one you mean, not the one I was thinking of initially but still an eyeopener never the less, and to be honest, it is something I dread having to deal with in my daily routine.
Cheers David, that's the one and if you look closely after he passes the last silver car it looks like he takes his left hand off the bars, so we can guess he still hasn't notices the lorries at that point.
I saw both of these clips a couple of weeks ago, the second one in Sao Paolo always makes me feel sick when I watch it, I keep expecting him to bin it and I am tensed up ready for the pain that would follow.
Interesting point, the difference may be that in Brazil a lot of people use and have grown up riding bikes and are used to shall we say "aggressive riding". In the UK you would probably have someone pull out on you. There is as you say one common factor though, they are a pair of PRATS