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Example is the collision I was involved in with another driver last week.
Two lanes road, was riding on the left lane, she's on the right, she changed lane without looking; a classic *SMIDSY *incident.
Driver admitted liability, issue resolved, case end.
However, this is one collision I could have avoided if I were going slightly slower as I was riding 17mph down Clapham Common South Side, a notorious stretch of road, had I ride slower says 14mph, I would have brakes in time and avoided the entire collision, I also knew that the exact stretch of road where I had my collision were poorly designed which encourage poor driving when the drivers realised they're in the wrong lane and need to change into the right one to proceed forward.
TL:DR - Had a collision cause by poor driving, but could have avoided it if I rode differently.