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Like it or not, if forced to make an instantaneous decision, most drivers would veer away from a head on collision with another automobile even if it resulted in hitting a softer target moving in the same direction as them.
I say this, but it occurs to me that if it was a pedestrian then a greater percentage of drivers might instantaneously choose the head-on collision instead. I think this may be because we are drilled to be careful of pedestrians while driving but not so much of cyclists. Maybe it is also because all drivers can identify with a pedestrian's vulnerability but many fewer identify with a cyclist's. Or maybe the act of using a traffic lane while on a wheeled vehicle enters you into some sort of unconscious shared risk pool with other users that leaves you fair game when someone is trying to avoid a serious accident.
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