03-28-2018, 05:57 PM
(03-28-2018, 04:38 PM)Canard Wrote: The argument I never get: People* instantly blame "drivers", without evaluating the circumstances at all, any time someone on a bike or on foot gets hit and injured/killed.
It's tragic, absolutely. Loss of life is horrible. But do we blame subway drivers when people jump in front of their trains, and they cannot stop?
* - the fringe folks
??? Ok, around this discussion board you could reasonably, without reading too carefully, get the impression that we instantly blame drivers, although a more careful reading will reveal that most of us actually are interested in the circumstances and do understand the unavoidable limitations that apply to drivers. But out in the wider world people definitely do not usually instantly blame drivers but instead the cyclists and pedestrians.