Originally Posted by
lakawak
If a motorist kills someone with reckless driving, they often face jail time. This guy was speeding, and by his own admission in the wrong lane. So he would be like a motorist that decided to drive on the shoulder to avoid traffic. HE also may have ran a red light. And you can bet your ass that if s motorist killed a pedestrian in a cross walk while running a red light they would face jail time.
This idiots was also on his aerobars and therefore made no attempt to slow down. Common f***ing sense tells you that when you are in CENTRAL PARK you don't do time trials or use your aerobars. I don't care if it is a parson, or a SQUIRREL, or any other obstacle...if you are going 30+ MPH in Central Park and have no quick access to your brakes, sooner or later you are going to take a nasty spill and seriously hurt someone, or yourself.
I can't believe anyone here is defending him in the SLIGHTEST bit. A cyclists, he is the LAST person you want to defend because he gives us all a bad name. There is a time and a place to go for speed..and what is perhaps the most heavily trafficked park in the ENTIRE WORLD is not that place.
By the way for the other posters..that IS his Strava account.
I am the guy in your camp however others have come here and said they know that road and some routinely open it up on that stretch. Do you know that road? I haven't heard others however say they ride 25 mph+ on aerobars with no brakes. Riding in the drops at 25-30 mph is a completely different level of safety because brakes can be immediately grabbed. I believe the outcry relates to being in aerobars with no brake access when there are pedestrians milling around. Also put Strava in the mix. If the guy was riding aggressively to put up the numbers throwing caution to the wind, it is very poor judgment which in this case cost a life. This will go to court because it was a CBS executive's wife and I hope we hear the outcome.