Dulwichgirl82

I have to disagree, of course there are genuine accidents, things that can't be predicted or stopped. It doesn't mean you shouldn't try but a surprise skid, a car/bike malfunction that couldn't be predicted etc. And in reality probably in many cases mistakes by both parties causing accidents which on a luckier day would have just been a near miss. As I said we should all try and be better, but I feel blaming one side more than an other is not really a solution, in an ideal world cars and bikes would have some form of separation to be prevent these accidents, where I agree sadly the cyclist is likely to come off worse.

"? introduce a presumed civil liability law on behalf of vehicular traffic when they kill or seriously injure vulnerable road-users, where there is no evidence blaming the victim. " I can't understand this, my understanding regarding uk law is innocent until proven guilty, and as someone that has to Drive as part of her work, i think it would be grossly unfair for me to be automatically liable in the case of a cyclist causing an accident or more likely a genuine accident and automatically be found guilty/liable if I couldn't provide 'proof', not always an easy thing to do!surely I should also be innocent until proven guilty even if driving a car! Also in this scenario the phrase 'victim' could also apply to a road user whether driving a car or riding a cycle. I think there are bad drivers and bad cyclists and those are the ones any changes or laws should be aimed at, not a blanket law on any and all!