RE: Penalty for killing bicyclist inadequate

still not the right thing to do!


Allan D. Desmond
702.363.3368
[email protected] 
 


 



Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 12:34:00 -0700
Subject: Re: Penalty for killing bicyclist inadequate
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]


On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Allan Desmond <[email protected]> wrote:


  ...because no driver has ever seen a cyclist run a red light or cross in front of a car without signaling..


 
To my knowledge, no one has ever died from a cyclist running a red light or crossing in front of a car without signaling...
oh, wait, I take that back... I'm sure some have. but in a vast majority, if not all cases, it was the cyclist. 
If a bicyclist does something negligent/illegal, generally no one else dies except potentially the cyclist.
If an automobile driver does something negligent/illegal, there is a decent chance someone else will die.
Happens far to frequently on the roads of Montana, where automobile "accidents" have to be one of  the the top causes of death.

-- 
John Wood
Open Road Bicycles
Missoula, Montana, USA