This is a hot topic in Scotland and the rest of the UK within the cycling community.
It is inconceivable in the US at this moment.
BBC Strict Liability Law
Basically, it explicitly affirms the simple, (maybe obvious?) but fading idea that the most powerful road users have the greatest responsibility to use the road safely.
This was once understood in the US at the outset of motorized automobile technology in public space as documented in the publication "Fighting Traffic: The Dawn Of The Motor Age In The American City" by Peter D. Norton.
It seems a no-brainer but opponents are obviously grumbling irrational fears aloud as they often and always do.
A codified standard of liability is a necessary and critical goal of road sharing. It won't happen without it.
Also, please check out this excellent lecture given by Peter Norton at Florida Atlantic University:
Peter D. Norton Lecture
Incredibly, predictably, motorists accuse cyclists of 'arrogance.'
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