As reported in the State Journal:
"The crash happened at 5 p.m. at Aberg Avenue and Huxley Street. The bicyclist
was pinned under a Chevrolet Lumina, which a fire crew lifted off of him. The
bicyclist, who was not wearing a helmet, was taken by helicopter to UW
Hospital."
I wear a helmet practically of the time. However, since the reporter is not a
medical examiner nor an eye witness to the event, how can he make a judgement
that not wearing a helmet is a contributing factor in the cyclist's death?
Granted, in most traffic accident stories, reporters and their editors let it
be
mentioned that drivers that are injured or killed were wearing seat belts or
not. However, the cause of the accident happened just a short moment or two
before the collision when inappropriate decisions were made by one or both
parties in the heads of the responsible parties whether they were protected by
head gear or harnesses or not.
Just an observation on blind judgements made by the media and police and other
authority figures.
DJ
Read
more:
http://host.madison.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/bicyclist-dies-after-getting-pinned-under-car-wednesday/article_f9387fe0-1097-11e2-9100-001a4bcf887a.html#ixzz28jaFvZ1v
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From: "Meiers, Steve" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Mon, October 8, 2012 8:04:30 AM
Subject: [Bikies] cyclist dies
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/crime_and_courts/bicyclist-dies-after-getting-pinned-under-car-wednesday/article_f9387fe0-1097-11e2-9100-001a4bcf887a.html
Steve Meiers
Safety educator
(608) 267-1102
Box 2986
Madison WI 53701
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