having dealt with thousands of motorbike accidents, and a fair few of those involving horrendous injuries to the biker
I can honestly say that the cases where the biker is to blame are extremely rare.

Car drivers just do not keep an eye out for them.
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Too true!
Having mopped a few up myself, I'd agree.
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