Originally Posted by
LarrySellerz
Ghostrider he could have easily not even noticed that it was a red light, its happened to me, he was focused on looking out for cars but somehow didn't see the one that got him. This is besides the point though. He could have been drunk or somehow distracted or just plain not having the best day, the car still came in way too hot and hit him. The driver is not the victim, the driver wasn't even slowing down
The notion that she was coming in "too hot" is based on nothing whatsoever. If she had been speeding, physics pretty much dictates he would've been killed. The driver isn't the victim because we don't use that term to describe a driver who hits an at-fault bicyclist. To do so just reduces the meaning of the word "victim" to be anyone who experiences something unfortunate. To be clear, she has no valid excuse for not stopping after the crash.