Originally Posted by
crhilton
1. Shocked, as I always am when a cyclist within my own state dies.
Hopefully, we'll always be shocked whenever someone is hit and killed regardless of the reason for it. However if stopping them and saying something to them might save their life isn't it worth it?
Originally Posted by
crhilton
2. Validated, because I thought that was stupid behavior and it turned out true.
3. Bothered, because I felt validated by someones death.
Again, it should bother anyone if they feel validated that someone (that they might have been able to save) died because they didn't say something to them.
Originally Posted by
crhilton
If I knew the person I'd say something, if I don't know them I'll stay out of it. Also, I'd like to point out, this guy didn't blow the light. He stopped, checked, and ran it. You're doing the same thing politicians do to make us all look like dare devil psychos out to be smashed on the pavement: Turning a minor infraction into more than it is.
I've seen plenty of cyclists on my rides not break stride and blow through red lights and stop signs. As has been said before those are the cyclists that make life harder for all cyclists in general. One of those that I saw was when I was leaving the VA not too long ago. There was a LEO who sadly didn't do anything about the red light running cyclist. And the irony is that if he had been a motorist it's almost a given that the LEO in question would have given chase and ticketed him. But more likely than not, because it was a cyclist who ran the light the LEO didn't do anything.
Originally Posted by
crhilton
If the guy did blow the light you'd have no hope of confronting him. He'd be long gone.
Some would chase the cyclist down the "errant" cyclist to correct their behavior. As I've said before I carry several copy's of the Florida Street Smart's Bicycling Pamphlet with me and I have handed some out to cyclists. So far I haven't had anyone throw them back at me or drop them on the road/sidewalk.