Originally Posted by
Moe Zhoost
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I'd say that in most accidents, both parties may have made faulty decisions, for instance: the cyclist assuming that a car won't do a left hook, but that's not a reason to lay blame on them. .....
In this example you have provided, I fail to see how an accident where a motorist does a 'left hook' maneuver causing a car-cycle collision could be ANYTHING other than a wholly at-fault accident caused by the motorist. Can you explain how it could be anything else? How such an unusual and risky maneuver as this could allow any 'contributory negligence' by a bicyclist? I can't see how it could....