Comment 41770

By moylek (registered) - website | Posted June 09, 2010 at 13:59:04

In all fairness, if the poor fellow's head hit the passenger side window, then I dare say that the bike drove into the SUV and not the other way around.

And my experience as a driver (and I should emphasize that I cycle far more than I drive) is that most near-collisions I've had with bicycles have involved cyclists breaking the rules, most often riding on the sidewalks and running stop signs. In fact, I've had actual collisions with cyclists breaking the rules - but in both cases I was on my bike so there was nothing but a bit of scuffing to show for it.

I'm dreadfully sorry for both families and for the poor driver (whether he was merely casually careless or just caught unawares).

This is one more accident which might not have happened if cycling were a more normal and supported form of getting around town: the driver could have expected a bike in a bike lane and the cyclist would have had no reason to resort to the sidewalk.

I know that there are people (often pretty normal) who turn into agressive assholes behind the wheel and endanger (and maim and kill) cyclists, but there's no reason to believe that this is the case here.

Comment edited by moylek on 2010-06-09 13:07:02

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