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Originally Posted by Old Tele man
...put the responsibility BACK where it belongs--on the pedestrians and cyclists--they, too, share the task of "self-protection"...it's NOT just a one-sided obligation.
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...but sometimes there's not much we can do! I was hit several years ago on my bike, proceeding through an intersection on a green light when a guy in a pickup truck making a left turn from the opposite direction turned directly into me. I had taken reasonable precaution to protect myself (hit the brakes when I saw he wasn't stopping, wearing a helmet), but the driver shirked his legal responsibility to yield the right of way. Yes, the responsibility for safety is a shared one, but that doesn't absolve drivers of their accountability.