"At fault" is moving the goal posts. If a cyclist gets hit they likely die. If a truck gets hit there might not even be any damage. "Forced to swerve" is kind o

"At fault" is moving the goal posts. If a cyclist gets hit they likely die. If a truck gets hit there might not even be any damage. "Forced to swerve" is kind of a silly bar that ignores all the times that cyclists are forced to dodge multi-ton vehicles, again for fear of death, not scratched paint. Look at the painted lines on the roads next time you're driving and note how many tire tracks cross them. The very assertion that they "come out of nowhere" speaks to the visibility problems inherent to driving a veritable locomotive down a city street. Yesterday, I witnessed a truck going around a curve on hop up on the curb and drive down the sidewalk briefly. This was at ~55 mph, and upon swerving and dropping the wheel back down into the road the truck wobbled and barely managed to miss the other cars in the road; a bike nearby, even on the sidewalk, would not have had a chance. Imagine being on that sidewalk; how's that for coming out of nowhere? If there is any world in which a cyclist poses more danger to a truck, we're certainly not living in it.