Biking Shearer
I enjoyed reading your thoughtful posts. I agree with your questioning why the CHP felt compelled to reach a conclusion as to fault when so much seems murky at best.
I'm angry that in my own relatively minor collision the police gave opinion that I was at fault when it can be very plausibly argued I wasn't. I don't undertand why they can just leave it blank if it isn't clear cut or they don't really know.
The lawyer I spoke with regarding my situation said that a police finding as to fault is not admissible evidence in court proceedings. However, a fault finding against a cyclist makes it difficult to recover from a driver's insurance w/o having to resort to court proceedings...