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One quick clarification, as both you and perseus have mentioned it - my 'descending weight order' comment was a bit of an over-complication, in an effort to be brief - it creates a heirarchy of road users (e.g. HGV - Van - Car - Motorcycle - Bike - Pedestrian), rather than being based on weight...

That's how assumed liability works, yes. Although I should point out that it's only in the absence of any conflicting evidence - if a pedestrian steps out in front of a car or a bike they would be held responsible, rather than the driver of the vehicle. The idea is that use of the roads is not a...

Wasn't trying to come across as 'righteous', so apologies for that - I just think that the expectations should be the same across all types of vehicle. It sounds like you and I would disagree on who's creating danger on our roads though, for sure. My view is that assumed liability would be a...

There's a number of ways of looking at this. 1 - Cars and motorcycles have motors; they go fast and they can (and frequently do) incur serious damage to themselves and others. Bikes do not have motors, they do not go as fast and they can (and very seldom do) relatively little damage to...