Originally Posted by
mcours2006
Whenever a cyclist dies from a collision with a vehicle, often when it is reported in the news they will say things like the cyclist wasn't wearing a helmet, or that he was wearing dark clothing, or he did not have adequate lighting. This is wholly ridiculous of course, because it implies that had the cyclist been wearing a helmet, or had lights and hi-vis clothing he would have not have died. When news is reported this way it takes the responsibility off of the driver and places it squarely on the cyclists' shoulders, which is ridiculous.
Here's an interesting take on it:
https://www.outsideonline.com/239295...tting-cyclists
Here's the latest example.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...ruck-1.5277522
Usually, you can't comment. But in those rare articles where you can, I ask if it was a self-driving car.
This latest fatality occurred yesterday. I heard on the radio it was Toronto's 41st road fatality and she was the 22nd pedestrian. At this rate Toronto will maintain its 30 to 40 average pedestrian death per year. And of course, the bad drivers will always look for excuses to blame the victim.
The Humboldt bus crash killed 16 people. Annual Toronto experiences two Humboldts each year, one victim at a time.