Terrible idea, the amount of dim witted wigo wannabes twatting about the roads is ridiculous.
Yeah!
Getting in the way of all those clarksonites! How very dare they use a bicycle on the roads their taxes paid for, and not expect to be mown down by some aging, myopic lord of the highways…
I will say this though, everyone banging on about how strict liability would “improve safety” is sort of wrong, it provides a better mechanism for reparations after an incident, but actually doesn’t change much on the road. as a measure for reducing RTI’s involving motor vehicles and bicycles it relies on motorists joining the dots and choosing to improve their driving and attitudes based on the possibility of financial loss…
I don’t know how many British drivers would actually make that connection when the red mist descends over them…
Ultimately I am in favour of bringing it in as a cyclist and a driver.