Was I at fault?

[StuTheGrouch]

Earlier today I had a near miss and upon reflection I'm not convinced I was entirely in the wrong. I would like to hear your thoughts.

I was parked in front of another car, with a another parked car further up ahead of me. I (in green) was waiting to pull away, checked and pulled out. Before doing so I had seen the approach car (in red) some way back. I pulled further along and went to overtake the other parked car (second pic). The approaching car had overtaken the first parked car and rather than pulling to the left, continued all the way along as if to overtake the final parked car. At this point the driver encountered me (third pic). A lot of honking of the horn ensued, and I went on my merry way (turning right at the junction seen in the pics).







Now, my reasoning is that I was not a parked car well before the car reached me and was very much part of the flow of traffic, so their attempted overtake of a moving car and a parked car simultaneously was a hasty move. On reflection, the driver was probably going a lot faster that they realistically should have done. Their whole approach reminded me of how a dash cam warrior would behave (trying to accelerate into creating a problem).

Obviously, had I waited until they were past then there would not have been an issue, but I pulled away before they even reached the first parked car.

So, am I the st driver?

[StuTheGrouch]

To add. There was a car coming from the other direction, for which I slowed down for before I reached the parked car. They then turned off beforehand. The approaching car clearly didn't slow down, which might explain the differences in our speeds.