Yup, cyclists should be careful. But drivers can do a lot of harm, so they should be extra careful. Too few drivers want to bear the responsibility that should

Yup, cyclists should be careful. But drivers can do a lot of harm, so they should be extra careful. Too few drivers want to bear the responsibility that should correspond to piloting 2 tons of steel at high speed. "I had the right of way", "dog should have been on a leash", "couldn't see the walker in his dark jacket at night", "biker should have slowed down when approaching intersection" etc.. etc.. That may all be true, and blame can be distributed in all those cases, but it's the driver still that causes all the tragedy in these crashes. The public road is not an equal playing field. A driver following the laws 100% correctly may still be a menace on the road. That's something that few drivers are willing to accept.