"Inattantive driving.." We should start a campaign to make hitting a
bicyclist, no matter for what reason, a more serious offense.
http://www.vtpi.org/puchertq.pdf
"Pedestrian and bicyclist injuries and deaths are a serious public
health problem that has
been largely ignored in the United States. In contrast, pedestrian and
bicyclist safety has been
central to transportation and land-use planning in Europe.8 That
emphasis on promoting the
safety of non-motorized travel has paid off. Many European countries
have sharply reduced
pedestrian and cyclist deaths by implementing a wide range of measures:
better facilities for
walking and cycling; traffic calming of residential neighborhoods; urban
design oriented to
people and not cars; restrictions on auto use; expanded education and
training programs; and
stricter enforcement of traffic laws. In some European countries,
fatality rates for pedestrians
and cyclists have fallen to less than a fifth the American level."
and
"Finally, the punishment for traffic violations by motorists is far more
severe in The
Netherlands and Germany than in the United States. The extremely lenient
treatment of
American motorists is documented in Killed by Automobile, an analysis of
1,020 pedestrian and
bicyclist fatalities in New York City from 1994 to 1997. Using police
records, the authors
found that ?drivers were largely or strictly culpable in 74% of cases
where sufficient
information existed for culpability coding, and were largely, strictly,
or partly culpable in 90%
of the known cases. Hit and run, turning into pedestrians at crosswalks,
and speeding were the
top three driver faults in killing pedestrians and cyclists.?31
Incredibly, the police cited
motorists for traffic violations in only one-fourth of pedestrian and
bicyclist fatalities, although
motorists were involved in almost all these fatalities and were
unquestionably at fault in at least
half."
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This may already have been posted, but word just reached me
(vacationing) in northern Wisconsin.
Another really sad event....Here is the link and the story by Tom Held.
>
> http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=771196
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