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@JonoMarshall
There is no such thing as a forced t-bone, repeat.
There has been ample discussion in the past about this... the onus is on every player to avoid riding into another player regardless of how recklessly player A may be riding, if player B's front wheel connects with player A then player B is at fault.
The penalty is reversed if player A rides through player B's front wheel (player A's front wheel is now the wheel that initiates the contact)... but if there is a fag paper of a gap then player B is the one at fault.
There are loads of opportunities to avoid collisions before they happen (just keep riding away from people), player B needs to read the game earlier, etc.
The old mantra that "the base of the T is at fault" is still valid.
(With that said, don't expect the ref to make the right call in particularly 50-50 situations as it's very hard to tell who initiates the contact at times.)