Originally Posted by
mschwett
another tragic death. ...
also, you can always trust bikeforums to turn a discussion of something like this into a forum for bickering about cars, public transit, bikes, urban planning....
But it IS about bad driving and road designs. This isn't an isolated incidence and it won't be the last. We've read about other professional cyclists being run over too.
Even in your post, you questioned the driver's decision to drive the way she did.
Tiger Woods has been in three serious self-collisions and all everybody talked about is his comeback as a champion golfer. Nobody mentions about what a lousy driver he was (or is) and that his driving was not out of the ordinary.
Back in the 1980s, shortly after the death of Rock Hudson, the US Congress
set aside $221 million for AIDS research. It may have something to do with Liz Taylor too. Today, AIDS is a controllable disease.
In contrast, many celebrities have been seriously injured or killed in auto collisions. Most notably, Princess Diana, Grace Kelly, George Patton, Valerie Quennessen (of Conan the Barbarian).
However, the only people working towards improving driving or street designs are local advocacy groups. And every step of the way they get pushback as if bad driving and the level of collisions, injuries and death are totally a acceptable part of everyday life.