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Re:Cars overwhelmingly cause bike collisions, and the law sh... by DavidFlint on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @06:59PM (#14549385)
In Europe reversing car is (almost) always at fault in most countries.
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Re:Cars overwhelmingly cause bike collisions, and the law sh... by sparky_z on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @07:05PM (#14549420)
Which is why they claim you're the one that ran into them. Hence the need for dash cams.
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Re:Cars overwhelmingly cause bike collisions, and the law sh... by DavidFlint on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @07:09PM (#14549448)
It is easy to prove otherwise. Not sure why the downvote. Calm down.
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Re:Cars overwhelmingly cause bike collisions, and the law sh... by oh_sigh on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @08:00PM (#14549738)
Sans dashcam how do you prove whether someone backed into a vehicle, or drove into the back of a vehicle?

I'm talking about slowish speeds here. Obviously if someone is rear ended at 50mph the culprit is obvious because no car can reverse that fast

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Re:Cars overwhelmingly cause bike collisions, and the law sh... by analog31 on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @08:54PM (#14549992)
That's where "presumed liability" enters the picture. Sans dashcam, the cop can gather other kinds of traditional evidence such as witness accounts, but otherwise the person in back is presumed to be at fault.
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Re:Cars overwhelmingly cause bike collisions, and the law sh... by oh_sigh on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @12:43PM (#14553932)
Sure, but I was specifically asking the poster above me, because they said "It is easy to prove otherwise. Not sure why the downvote. Calm down."
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