Originally Posted by MMACH 5
I was taught just the opposite, in drivers' education:
When given a choice between hitting a cyclist or someone in a 2000 pound cage, I hit the other car. It's likely the difference between sending an insurance adjuster or a coroner.
Trust me, even if it is not your fault, you don't want a dead guy under your car.
Originally Posted by lyeinyoureye
...If I have the choice between running over a rider (who's doing something illegal, i.e. I'm not responsible if I hit him), and causing a worse crash...
Just to be clear, I define worse as more people dead/injured. Obviously, if I'm going to hit the rider, or hit the SUV @30mph, then I'm going for the SUV. But if I'm going 55mph, and it's a case of hitting the rider who's doing something illegal, or broadsiding the stationary pinto with five people in it... It's the rider who's SOL.