Try driving an artic arround cyclists, no matter what stupid stuff they do its your fault!!!
That reminds me of when we lived in Thailand, motorbikes were the poor peoples transport so no matter what the situation you were always in the wrong if you hit one when driving.
You could be sitting at traffic lights surounded by bikes, in front and on the left and right, the ones on the left could turn right in front of you and the ones on the left could could turn right.Note the Thais like us drive on the left.
We watched a video in a bar one night and a clip came on showing a motorbike sneak through a railway level crossing and get hit by a train, immediately the Thais chorused that it was the train drivers fault.
We had two incidents were bikers were hit by one our work colleagues, both were whisked out of the country the same night by our company.
If you hit a bike no matter what the circumstances were you were liable for repairs to the bike, the riders loss of earnings and their medical treatment and families loss.
The Thai lawyers used to go all out on expats caught out like this.
Cheers
Dennis
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