Originally Posted by
bbmike
Playing devils advocate here, if cyclist was not wearing contrasting clothing and/or did not have blinking light on than he is partially to blame.
Hmm, considering that the crash occurred at 1530hrs how is the cyclist "partially to blame?" If there was a sudden total solar eclipse and the cyclist was riding without light and/or in dark clothing one could say that he was "partially to blame." But in this case at 1530hrs I don't buy it.
It is everyone on the road's responsibility to avoid hitting other road users. Given that the driver is 17 yrs old and is presumably still a relatively new driver his competence is a valid question.