Originally Posted by LittleBigMan
The crux of Serge's argument is that the power to ride safely already rests largely in our own hands, and that we don't need a governmental authority to grant it to us.
The crux there is true in that we can always improve our cycling behaviour, but the claim that most car-bike collisions are the cyclist's fault, is pure bunk and makes me question the posters claim of quailfication (engineer?-
right -) and certainly taints the merits of his claims. It made reading the rest of the post extremely difficult.
Blame for accidents is often split evenly and improvement in behaviour is needed for both cyclists and motorists.
A good argument could be made that motorists have more responsibility in driving safe because their vehicle has more potential for damage.