Originally Posted by skitbraviking
I don't know if I would pay his s**t, FD. If you were in this situtation with a car, he'd be paying for your front end. And rightfully so! Afterall, he slammed on his breaks which resulted in your losing pints of blood, right? I may think about battling it out with him. Afterall, nobody's paying you, and you are not really in the wrong here.
Not so in every place I've ever lived. It's the guy in back's job to stay far enough away that he can avoid an accident even if the person in front slams on thier brakes. You hit someone from behind and it's your fault, end of story. I have a hunch that an insurance company or a court would feel the same way even if he was on a bike instead of on a car.