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It appears that the bikes were in a bike lane. The article says that the cyclists use the road because it is "safe" and has a bike lane. So he didn't just cross into the other vehicle lane, he crossed into the opposite bike lane. So that's like crossing the middle, and going two lanes over.
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The standard should be more stringent. Usually I feel safer with police officers while driving than I do with normal motorists. This story makes me rethink that understanding. Tex you always seem to side on the side of authority and orthodoxy, and never take account for the minorities or marginalized. There are laws in place, and if motorists followed them, we'd have very few cycling deaths. Prosecutions need to be fiercely pursued to stop the need slaughter of cyclists on the roads.
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That level of negligence is amazing. It almost sounds intentional.
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Exactly. IAssuming he was awake, it does sond intentional. It is hard to believe that this could happen otherwise.
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In fact, I don't believe I've ever driven onto the bike lane of the opposite direction, not ever. It almost sounds like complete inattention or a buzzing gone bad.
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Tex? Can you offer any scenario that would suggest this was a simple matter offorgiveable inattention thta could happen to anyone?
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He could have been looking down, pickign something off the floorboard, texting someone, etc. in a road that was bending to the right.
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I was hit some ten years ago in AF canyon. I was coming off of a trail by tibble fork and was headed to climb back up to the top of alpine loop. An old man in an 70's impalla ran me into the side of the mountain. A second before my legs were pinned, I jumped off my bike pushed off the back of his car and landed on the pavement. I was not seriously injured but my bike was. The old man continued on his way as though nothing had happened.
Believe me when I say I take this stuff seriously. Numerous times idiots have "buzzed my tower" and yelled Faggot as I swerve in trying to maintain a position between eating it on a soft shoulder or crashing into traffic. The only reason I titled the thread Sad Reminder of the dangers of Cycling is because regardless of how careful I am, someone that is driving a 2 ton machine can come along and end my life without notice. In no way are these cyclists at fault, even if they were out of the bike lane and this guy should be prosecuted, no matter how badly I feel for him. My life depends on prosecuting everyone of them to some degree or another. Otherwise, the life of a cyclist is inconsequential.
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BTW, I feel the same way about DUI drivers who kill others. There must be strict enforcement to deter others.
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