Originally Posted by
mikeybikes
I recall that intersection, having driven through it numerous times. If you don't exceed the 35mph speed limit, the sight lines are actually quite good. Someone turning left on to Olde Stage from Lefthand has no excuses for hitting someone.
Yes, I agree. Even from Google Streetview, it's clear that the motorist would have had a unobstructed view of the approaching cyclist.
I doubt he'll be charged with a crime.
I hope the dead bicyclist's family sues the motorist's employer for millions, and wins. Then perhaps the motorist will become unemployed due to being too much of a liabilty to his employer. And, perhaps this will lead to him never operating large vehicles again.
I think the penalty for killing a bicyclist with a motor vehicle in the USA, even without mens rea, should be that you have to pedal a bicycle everywhere you go for the next year. With this penalty in place, no motorist would ever dare drive close to a bicyclist.