Originally Posted by Helmet Head
When someone intentionally kills someone else, regardless of the circumtances, that's different. That's murder. Of course in this very rare case it was not the cyclist's fault.
Of the 800 or so cyclists who are killed per year in the U.S., about how many do you think are killed intentionally like this?
Two comments...
How many of those deaths are accompanied with the phrase "I didn't see the cyclist?"
A cyclist does not have to die to have experienced such an event. So assuming death statistics are an indicator of such activity is false.