A hit-and-run victim's parents have shaken hands with the offender outside court after the man pleaded guilty.

Kaifur Rashed, who hit the teenage cyclist and left him seriously injured on the road, was spared jail on Wednesday but has been disqualified from driving for four years.

Kaifur Rashed outside Melbourne Magistrates Court. Credit:Eddie Jim

Melbourne Magistrates Court heard this week ​ Rashed​ initially thought he had hit a shopping trolley when he drove through a West Melbourne intersection in the early hours of November 18,

after a night out with friends.

Magistrate Charlie Rozencwajg​ said on Wednesday he did not accept Rashed's account, given the driver saw people gathering around the injured Ben Tyrrell, 18, who suffered a head injury when knocked from his bike.