Originally Posted by
dynodonn
Agree, plus when a number of European countries have the responsibility of a collision defaulting towards the larger/heavier vehicle unless proven otherwise, this type of traffic law makes motorists give considerably more thought on how they should take more care when operating a motor vehicle around non motorized road users.
Though the above is completely irrelevant to the question being discussed, I feel that I must add a little piece of information: Neither in Holland nor in Denmark did legislation about liability change untill after the fact of the great bicycle renaissance of the 80's, which was mostly brought about with the help of bike infrastructure. The legislation is nice, though, and might of course help changing the attitude of American and British drivers.