Wanted to note how disappointing the wording of the article and headline were, but just don’t have the energy today to have a bunch of my fellow sconnies yap at me that bikers being struck and killed by careless drivers is somehow the bikers fault
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Very much framed in the article that the cyclist was wearing revealing clothing in a dark alley at night and was totally asking for it. Sigh.
AlpineFluffhead on
Back when I was a regular driver and when I owned a car, I would drive odd hours to/from work. Most days it was dark when I left and dark heading home. It is also very common in my city to have cyclists riding the streets (which they should do) but a lot, like a surprising amount don’t even have lights on their bike or anything. But you know what I was able to do? I was still able to SEE them because I had my own headlights and I was never distracted with a phone/music/whatnot. Even in pitch dark or in a snowstorm, with a car’s headlights you should still be able to at least make out silhouettes and then adjust accordingly.
God reading those comments is infuriating. Literally any fucking excuse to absolve the car driver of any/all responsibility. My own philosophy as a driver and as a pedestrian is that the driver of the 2-ton machine takes on the duty to care.
Being a passenger has also opened my eyes to just how careless most drivers are. When turning at a light, for instance, most won’t even scan to make sure there’s no one crossing the street. I have had to literally yell at friends to watch out for walkers in the past in broad daylight.
/rant.
RIP cyclist. I hope WI is able to at least act to make the streets safer after this.
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Wanted to note how disappointing the wording of the article and headline were, but just don’t have the energy today to have a bunch of my fellow sconnies yap at me that bikers being struck and killed by careless drivers is somehow the bikers fault
Very much framed in the article that the cyclist was wearing revealing clothing in a dark alley at night and was totally asking for it. Sigh.
Back when I was a regular driver and when I owned a car, I would drive odd hours to/from work. Most days it was dark when I left and dark heading home. It is also very common in my city to have cyclists riding the streets (which they should do) but a lot, like a surprising amount don’t even have lights on their bike or anything. But you know what I was able to do? I was still able to SEE them because I had my own headlights and I was never distracted with a phone/music/whatnot. Even in pitch dark or in a snowstorm, with a car’s headlights you should still be able to at least make out silhouettes and then adjust accordingly.
God reading those comments is infuriating. Literally any fucking excuse to absolve the car driver of any/all responsibility. My own philosophy as a driver and as a pedestrian is that the driver of the 2-ton machine takes on the duty to care.
Being a passenger has also opened my eyes to just how careless most drivers are. When turning at a light, for instance, most won’t even scan to make sure there’s no one crossing the street. I have had to literally yell at friends to watch out for walkers in the past in broad daylight.
/rant.
RIP cyclist. I hope WI is able to at least act to make the streets safer after this.