Quote Originally Posted by kmehrzad View Post

Regarding texting, that's my hot button. How many times have you ridden alongside someone and seen them texting on their phones? Scares the living daylights out of me when I think one quick second is all it takes for them to be looking down and not see a pedestrian, cyclist, whomever. They're certainly not concentrating on the road or their surroundings.
How about changing the radio station or eating, or having a conversation with your passengers? All those can cause a moment's inattention. Cyclists can have moments of inattention too.

I just hate the assumption that the driver MUST be at fault in every accident involving a cyclist and MUST be punished in some horrific way.

Veronica