Originally Posted by
randya
Originally Posted by
Helmet Head
Police most often rely on the "basic" speed law after an accident. They reason that you were driving too fast, no matter how slow you were driving, because you were in an accident. However, you do not have to despair if you were in an accident and are charged with violating the "basic" law for driving at an unsafe below-the-limit speed. The fact that you've had an accident is not absolute proof that you were driving unsafely. Accidents, after all, are not always caused by your violating the law. Often they are caused when another driver screwed up.
The garbage truck driver screwed up when he turned right, across the bike lane and into Brett's path, compounded by the fact that he did not have a properly functioning right-side mirror that would have enabled him to see Brett's approach.
You're forgetting that in
Bizarro world, the cyclist is always wrong.