Originally Posted by Joe Minton

One thing I can assure y’all of:
The bicycle rider will suffer for years and probably the rest of his life. He almost certainly does and will have nightmares. They will wake him in the early morning hours. He will re-live the tragedy at random intervals when he is awake. He will, almost certainly, suffer far more than the Law might punish him. He ‘knows’ he screwed up (whatever that means for him); he ‘knows’ that to some extent or another he could have prevented that woman’s death. This is normal for survivors. Actually, it is almost certain for survivors. I know of what I speak.

I have met, interviewed and sat with a number of folks who have killed another person(s) in traffic accidents. I never met one who did not suffer as described above. It does not matter whether the person left alive was legally guilty or not --- the suffering remains.

Joe