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Why do we always discuss these incidents as if we are in court? As soon as we start talking about 'blame' and 'fault' we end up taking a position and then defending or prosecuting it. There are things to be learned from that video; not many things, maybe, but some. My semi-numpty view is that the rider probably, possibly, could have avoided the collision. The driver obviously could have avoided it. Saying the rider might have been able to ride slightly differently can be called blaming him if you like but I don't see where that gets us. We all have to ride on the roads, and along side other road users, as they are, not as they ought to be. That's why we give way to pedestrians who are wandering across the road when they shouldn't be; who is in the right or wrong isn't the important thing. And it doesn't matter a jot to me if it is unfair; that is what campaigning is for, it's not a guide to how we should ride. I just want myself, and other cyclists, to get from A to B and back alive and uninjured and with as much enjoyment as possible.
So, I think we can look at that video and decide if there is anything in it from which we can learn; apart, that is, from learning about what the law says.