Matt B wrote:
Doug wrote:
So you can stop blaming all the victims.
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Your premise (the title) though only covers a very small percentage of
bicycle accidents.

You might be interested in a report prepared for the Scottish
Executive which looked at the causes of bicycle casualty accidents.[1]

Interesting findings from hospital data include the following:
- 72% of accidents involved _no_ other vehicle.
- 45% of casualties did not state who they thought was to blame.
- 41% of accidents occurred off-road (cycle tracks, etc.).
- 29% of accidents occurred on the pavement (43% of child accidents).
- 11% of accidents involved another bicycle.
- 10% of accidents involved a car.
- 7% of casualties blamed a motor vehicle (1% of child accidents).
- 6% of casualties were performing "sporting activities" (stunts,
mountain biking, etc.)

Accidents were caused by a very wide range of circumstances and _no_
single cause stood out.

You certainly can't justifiably blame motorists.

[1] http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/55971/0015830.pdf

Doug can (in what passes for his mind), and does.