Originally Posted by unterhausen

there is a natural bias in the fault finding since the cyclists are not able to give their side of the story, but the trucker is.

i'm convinced that the victim blaming here is all because the blamer wants to convince themselves that the crash wouldn't have killed them because they are so much smarter. I don't know if that's true, really. I was riding next to a bus at a bus stop when the driver decided it was time to go. I was past the rear of the bus before they went from 4-ways to turn signal. Really easy to miss that change anyway, flashes at a different rate. It's amazing how fast a bus can turn from a dead stop. Fortunately, I ride pretty far out in the lane while passing a parked vehicle, most cyclists don't and would have been severely injured. Still was a near miss.

If we start rehashing that Boston incident, I will close this thread too.