A Tour Down Under photographer has apologised in an Adelaide court over a road crash which injured a police motorcyclist during last week's cycling event.
Wouter Roosenboom, 53, pleaded guilty in the Magistrates Court to driving without due care.
The Dutch photographer was driving in Albert Street at Gumeracha in the Adelaide Hills last Friday when he failed to give way at a T-junction and hit the motorcyclist.
The police officer sustained a lacerated leg, a concussion and soft tissue injuries when he was hit by the passenger side of the photographer's car.
The impact flipped him over the vehicle.
The officer was treated at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and discharged the same day.
Mr Roosenboom told Magistrate Alfio Grasso that he did not see the motorbike despite its flashing lights.
"I never saw it … it was very busy on the crossing," he said.
"I was totally surprised when it hit my car.
"I am really sorry for the officer and I'm really glad he's not badly injured."
Mr Roosenboom said the crash may have been due to his unfamiliarity with driving on the left in Australia.
"I'm not used to driving on the left," he said.
Outside court, the photographer said he would not drive again in Australia because it was "too risky".
He told reporters he wanted to apologise to the police officer in person before he left for home in the Netherlands next week.
The court imposed a $300 fine but recorded no conviction.
