Originally Posted by
Mr. Underbridge
Yeah, and instead he might have plowed some poor pedestrian who didn't see him coming. How about if he had been properly illuminated and riding somewhere legal and safe, he'd have been better off. One of those places is in a traffic lane on the correct side of the street.
Sure. But the risk of death in a cyclist-ped collision at 5 mph (<1%) is several times less than the risk of death (>50%) in a car-bicyclist collision at 35 mph. I don't think anyone here is debating what he should have been doing.