Originally Posted by
Six jours
Context is important here. We were not speaking of the fellow knocked off in a "right hook" or other low-speed incident. We were speaking of the high-speed "hit from behind" scenario, which appears to be becoming more common these days, at least in my neighborhood. "The norm" is nothing more than my personal experience, which is not vast, but is not inconsequential either.
How common is it? If it is common, it wouldn't make any sense to ride in your neighborhood. Given how rare these collisions are, your impression that they are actually becoming "more common" in a specific neighborhood isn't reliable.