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I fear for the day when a cyclist is injured through no fault of their own riding on a road, but they are found partly liable because they did not use nearby poorly designed infrastructure.
Drivers expect us to use infrastructure even when it elevates the potential risk to all road users (such as cycle lanes next to parked cars).
There are enough accidents where despite no head injury the cyclist is viewed in a poor light for their lack of helmet use, more poor infrastructure will just open us up to more victim blaming.
Strict liability would have a greater impact on UK road culture.