This is the way things have gone here in the UK for the past few years. They look for excuses to let the driver off. A few years ago a cyclist got killed a few miles from where I live. He'd ridden up the bridge and the driver had hit him so hard from behind it'd torn his body apart. The cyclist was just riding to work to earn a pittance to support his family.The police kept coming out with excuses: "The sun was in the driver's eyes!" (The sun was coming from behind, and if so why didnt the driver slow down, use his shades?) "The cyclist should have had lights!" (It was fucking daylight, you cretins, plus witnesses said the rider HAD lights on!) "The cyclist had hiviz on but his backpack covered a small bit of it, making it impossible for the driver to see him!" (so he HAD hiviz on, it was visible, daylight and good visibility but the driver couldnt have gone into any of the other 2 lanes and avoided the guy?)

The courts upheld the Police's views and let the driver off