Originally Posted by pletcgm
But that is the catch-22. If we want to be considered to have equal rights as automobiles, then there can be no special punishment for injuring/killing us.
But the problem with a direct comparison is that in a car vs cyclist scenario, the cyclist almost always comes out on the short end. We're really more like pedestrians than automobiles, so I think a special pubnishment could apply without having a double-standard.