Yes there are alot of honest mistakes that happen. One can usualy tell when this happens, unless of course you are laying in the street bleeding because of it. But I have had many friends get hit due to goof balls behind the wheel. It's funny that for all the times I drive in Boston I never get an angry cyclist hitting my car or have endangered a cyclist. But then again I tend to keep an eye on as much as I can and I don't talk on a cell phone when I drive either.