Why did this driver accept blame?

Why did this driver get charged? Who advised him to accept blame?  This death happened at a notoriously dangerous junction.  

John Dedman

There is also a sound scientific defence to not seeing a cyclist. See it here.

Then there is the concept of road cycling: Here


Are the lawyers letting drivers down in doing plea bargaining if their client has a brilliant defence?

Cyclists. Being right and being wrong will never put you back together again. It's a killer scenario.