Originally Posted by
BengeBoy
And how about when cyclists kill pedestrians?
We a had a very, very sad case here in Seattle recently of a cyclist who killed a pedestrian. He (an experienced 50+ cyclist) was riding on a popular MUP, and the pedestrian, a very active 80-year-old woman, stepped out into the trail. Witnesses said he was traveling at a moderate rate of speed, and the pedestrian just suddenly stepped out in front of him.
There was no prosecution, but I believe the suburb involved is lowering the speed limit on the trail to 10mph from 15 mph.
There have been some pretty impassioned comments about this on the local newspaper comment boards...
Agreed, it was an omission.
If traffic laws and driving carelessness are not handled in a moral manner in the first place, injustices against cyclists are not special.
Somehow all road users must be made to own their responsibility to more vulnerable road users. Not sure how to make this happen, but I think it's what's needed.