14-12-11, 10:27 AM
That's a tricky one - you were going too fast given that you could not stop in time (what if it had been a child running out?), the cyclist should have looked properly before pulling out, car drivers are selfish twats and deserve all they get.
There's that 1960s case (is it Moodeys?) where a car pulls out of a side street into the path of a filtering bike - the judge ruled it was the bike's fault as a twat in a car can not be expected to think (I'm paraphrasing). I guess this is a similar principle. It's also generally the case that the overtaker is liable for stuff that goes wrong.
Get mended soon
There's that 1960s case (is it Moodeys?) where a car pulls out of a side street into the path of a filtering bike - the judge ruled it was the bike's fault as a twat in a car can not be expected to think (I'm paraphrasing). I guess this is a similar principle. It's also generally the case that the overtaker is liable for stuff that goes wrong.
Get mended soon
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