Originally Posted by AlmostTrick

You can say it was the bicyclists fault, but an attentive motorist with proper training is able to avoid even these kinds of accidents. I find it highly unlikely that I could ever allow my car to hit a cyclist, ped, or even another vehicle no matter what kind of crazy stuff they were doing. Too many drivers today are not trained properly and not attentive enough. But then again I only have more than 20 years of driving with no accidents (or tickets) so what do I know.