Comment 41790

By rayslifecycle (registered) - website | Posted June 09, 2010 at 16:57:30

Quote from original article: "Dionne had been looking for a place to stop the transport truck he was driving northbound on Upper James while his partner ran to grab a coffee.

He was driving slowly with his emergency lights flashing when the SUV cut in front of him."

I agree with Frank's assessment as to how this happened. Cyclists and motorists need to share the road. This means that they obey the same rules and drive defensively.

When accidents happen, they are accidents. Maybe the SUV driver was moving faster then normal because he wanted to beat the delivery truck and get into the parking lot. Maybe the cyclist was riding real fast passing the delivery truck on the sidewalk. Both maneuvers were aggressive.

No-one has the right to be aggressive. We all need to be responsible to each other. If the cyclist was on the street following traffic laws this would not have happened.

I do agree that the news isn't honest. Honesty doesn't sell papers; sensationalism and blaming the unpopular guy does.

The reality is though, just cause cyclists are the underdog in a bike on car incident, doesn't make them "in the right" in every scenario.

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Comment edited by rayslifecycle on 2010-06-09 15:59:33

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