Originally Posted by
jefnvk
OTOH, even if there are ten cyclist witnesses in the group who saw the lead bike swerve, do you think a single one of them is going to offer that up when giving statements?
Go the other way with that... what if the cyclist did not swerve, and had ten cycling partner witnesses... the motorist still has the legal "burden of proof" on their side, plus the tendency for the jury et. al. to not believe the "biased witnesses."
I don't know of any such case pending, nor one that has recently been judged... so this aspect is all just "purely hypothetical mental constructions."
But we do have two situations in which a camera made all the difference...
https://ggwash.org/view/31600/it-mus...ou-are-a-biker
Driver in Natchez Trace bicycle hit-and-run faces federal charges
And that first link I just provided has the local PD blaming the cyclist and refusing to review the traffic control video... which eventually had to be retrieved via legal means... the cyclist "had to file a DC Freedom of Information Act request to obtain the footage."