Stricter liability for drivers

But the implication of the OP is that, had you been driving, you would be 'more' responsible for the said twat hitting you. Is it a size thing? Are Surly Big Dummy riders more responsible for other people crashing into them than the riders of reggla safeties. EEI, you say you are all for greater liability for drivers, but I suspect you mean that, as Robin Goodfellows suggests, the 'System' needs to work better to allocate the blame/fault, and not, as it does, appear to work in the favour of the driver. Might is not, after all, right.

What I mean is, a bigger shake up is needed. And, especially in this country, drivers need to be taught, that they're not primary road owners.

As a driver, I still manage to avoid collisions even with those bad cyclists (and trust me, it's not easy when you have a gang on MTB taking the whole road and waiting for a provocation), because I look up for them. I'm simply aware, that while in the car driving at 20mph, I can do more harm to them, then they can to me. That's why I think drivers should be liable. This will make people think ahead.

Right now many drivers have this attitude, that pedestrians, cyclists and even motorcyclist are intruders in their space, which obviously isn't true.