And, as if we required any further evidence that the road safety problem in this country is due to cops and district attorneys who are flagrantly refusing to do their jobs, this drunk driver who killed a person and fled the scene was not charged with any crime at all.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2023/10...and-advocates/
It does not matter how much infrastructure we build nor how many laws we pass to regulate the usage of it. As long as our "law enforcement" is in complete dereliction of their duty, which has been the case for many years now, road user safety is not going to improve.
Careful. Saying the driver won't be charged or held to account (even if true) will bring out some BF A&S/vehicular cycling forum driver apologist with a an unshakable steadfast belief in "the system" with pleas for more information, a boatload of excuses, & to make sure that
you know it was only an "accident." For if only the cyclist were vigilant like they are with their 50 years experience that none of "this" would happen.
Of course the driver isn't charged. They won't be charged. They rarely if ever are! If they are, they are almost never held to account.
Why is this still acceptable. Why
was this ever acceptable.