Originally Posted by
Sy Reene
Though, it is an interesting observation to note that a typical cyclist death news story (in NYC we've had quite a few) headlines will be along the lines of "Cyclist killed by truck" -- and not "Cyclist killed by John Doe who was driving a truck". Not sure if it's a media bias that indeed more often than not, takes the human being out of the offending act.
Right. It's ridiculous to take either the operator or the implement out of the equation, but I think isolation from the general environment is one of the factors that makes drivers more dangerous than pedestrians or cyclists. It's easier to forget the humanity of the traffic around you when you're sitting in a giant metal cocoon.
BTW, I suspect it will be pretty hard to find many "pedestrian kills cyclist" stories that don't involve the use of a weapon.