...if you look at the progression of the case of the Strava guy here in the SF Bay Area who killed a pedestrian in a crosswalk,
you'll notice a great deal of outcry and outrage in the initial stages, some delays in going to trial, and an eventual plea to avoid
jail time. The legal process handles such cases for first offenders similarly a lot of the time.
Insofar as I can tell, the incident here has had little effect on either enforcement of existing law, or the habits of either cyclists or pedestrians.
Some things seem to be beyond the available enforcement resources, unless and until they become more common in occurrence.
I think this is why I am dismayed that there is so much outcry over discussing the behavior here on a bike forum as somehow
a lynch mob or beyond the pale, in terms of this guy's rights to fair and impartial treatment. If such things are not mentioned
here, where exactly will the debate over whether or not Strava racing in crowded urban conditions is at all appropriate take place ?
BTW, the A+S thread on this same incident was locked long ago, so kudos to the participants here for at least avoiding that level of bickering.
