I saw this yesterday on my way to work:
http://www.channel3000.com/news/Bicyclist-hit-at-intersection-when-driver-runs-red-light-officials-say/41667212
The article says they were "non-life threatening" injuries. It also says:
The driver of the truck, a 36-year-old man, was cited for a red
In addition to the vulnerable user law, we should encourage prosecutors to file
and try these cases (especially where a fellow cyclist is gone forever), rather
than just allow the prosecutor to claim they don’t think they can win if it
goes to trial. One side loses every single jury trial that
"What's the penalty for carelessly not-quite-killing someone?" Often
nothing. (also true if you remove the "not-quite" from your question)
Here's a recent Wisconsin Bike Fed blog post about this issue:
Fines Total $248 for Falling Asleep, Killing Father of Three
This is going to take a consistent effort from lots of people to solve.
Whenever we see someone use the term “accident,” we need to call them out and
educate them to use the word “crash.” Any radio report, any newspaper report,
where ever. There was just an article on Active.com entitled
+1 to Kevin: "Unfortunately, it has become so ingrained in our culture that
these things are just 'accidents' that it will be difficult to see a shift
in holding people accountable."
Personally I get that there's a difference between negligence and intent,
when it comes to applying criminal
I echo John Rider's comments about describing these incidents as
"accidents." Accidents have no cause, but the deaths of cyclists do.
On 9/15/2016 11:11 PM, John Rider via Bikies wrote:
This is going to take a consistent effort from lots of people to
solve. Whenever we see someone use
There was a good piece in the State Journal a while back about charges
being filed (or not) in the case of car-bike crashes:
http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/when-cyclists-die-a-closer-look-at-dane-county-crashes/article_d5068be2-0ff0-5b21-a31f-891890c9daf1.html
I agree with Peter about the
