Originally Posted by
sauerwald
It used to be that if a woman dressed provocatively and found herself the victim of a ****, the common belief was that 'she was asking for it' The modern version of that is a cyclist. People think that riding a bicycle (with or without a helmet) is dangerous - what is dangerous is having people driving vehicles without taking proper care. If we want to make the roads safer, we need to instill a culture of zero tolerance for irresponsible drivers.
+1000 This is done by making those driving responsible for injuries to "vulnerable street users" unless a clear case of negligence can be shown by the victim. Such laws exist in some European countries. Of course hordes will come on here and tell use that you can't do that in the US, because you have to be proven guilty. But we have laws like "use a gun go to jail" assumed consent for drunk driving testing, so it is just a matter of writing the law correctly.
Otherwise well the driver may get away with it as the cop is (by the OP story) already biased, and the courts don't tend to prosecute, and the laws are somewhat lax unless alcohol is involved... so unless a civil case is brought....